v. To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.v. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness).v. To discharge; to pay off or settle, as an indebtedness.v. To make clear and intelligible.v. To make liquid.v. To convert (assets) into cash.v. To kill; -- used mostly of governments or organizations killing their enemies.v. To dissolve (an organization); to terminate (an activity).