acquitter

Meaning

1. to pay
2. to acknowledge (a signal), to notify the receipt of
3. to clear, to acquit
4. to pay
5. to discharge, to complete (one's duty)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.ki.te/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French acquiter, from Medieval Latin acquitāre, adquietāre (“to pay a debt”), from ad- + quitare (“to set free”), from Late Latin quietāre.