call it even

verb

To declare debts resolved or favors or other exchange equitable.

“Since you paid for dinner last time, I'll pay this time, and we'll call it even.”

Similar
call it quits
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Meanings

verbcall it even (third-person singular simple present calls it even, present participle calling it even, simple past and past participle called it even)

present singular third person calls it even · participle present calling it even · participle past called it even · past called it even

  1. To declare debts resolved or favors or other exchange equitable.

    Since you paid for dinner last time, I'll pay this time, and we'll call it even.

    Synonyms: call it quits

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo declare debts resolved or favors or other exchange equitable.

Similar
call it quits
Also see
call it quitscall it square

Translations

Finnish olla sujut
  • olla sujutdeclare debts resolved
French être quitte
  • être quittedeclare debts resolved
German quitt sein
  • quitt seindeclare debts resolved
Polish być kwita
  • być kwitadeclare debts resolved
Russian быть квиты
  • быть квиты (bytʹ kvity)declare debts resolved
Spanish estar en paz, estar pago
  • estar en pazdeclare debts resolved
  • estar pagodeclare debts resolved
Cite this entry
APA

call it even. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20it%20even

MLA

“call it even.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20it%20even. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call it even,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20it%20even.

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