abrechnen

German (Berlin)

/ˈap.ʁɛç.nən/

verb-weak
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To settle up; to establish (and balance) all earnings and costs.
  • (transitive) To sum up; cash up; to make a final account or bill of something; to include something in such a bill.
  • (transitive) To subtract.
  • (intransitive) To settle scores with someone or something; to make one's final reckoning; to get even; to have closure or revenge.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German aberechenen prefix from German rechnen (calculate, reckon, count).

Origin

German (Berlin)

rechnen

Gloss

calculate, reckon, count

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

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