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settle with (one)

To pay the balance of what is owed to someone. You get our jackets while I go settle with the bartender. I need to settle with Brian for those plane tickets soon—I hate having debt hanging over me.

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Nowhere is vigilance more crucial than in cases where at least one of the liable parties has entered into bankruptcy either before or after settling with a plaintiff for damages.

Dividing it up: insurers can benefit from legislation amending the practice of joint and several liability, but in some cases they need to ask about plaintiffs' previous settlements

A particularly egregious example of the abuses encouraged by joint and several liability is the common practice of plaintiffs' attorneys settling with the prime wrongdoers, who don't have a defense or money, at a fraction of what these parties should pay.

The liability crisis in the United States: impact on the accounting profession

By settling with "after-tax dollars," can both sides come out ahead at the expense of the IRS?

Allocations in personal injury settlements greatly affect tax treatment of proceeds