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The correct spelling is quits.

How to pronounce quits

verb

IPA: /kwɪts/

Say it like: Kwi-ts

The correct spelling is quits. To pay (a debt, fine etc.). For example: "After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job."

Usage Examples

After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.

John is planning to quit smoking.

Here's the last of the money you lent me. We're quits now, right?

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
  2. 2.To repay (someone) for (something).
  3. 3.To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
  4. 4.To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
  5. 5.To carry through; to go through to the end.

adjective

  1. 1.On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.

noun

  1. 1.Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.

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