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quits
quits /kwɪts/ adjective informal
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: Probably from quit __free of__; quite
1. be quits British English if two people are quits, neither one owes anything to the other
   SYN  straight:
    I’ll give you £10, and then we’re quits.
2. call it quits
  a. to agree that a debt or argument is settled:
    Just give me $20 and we’ll call it quits.
  b. to stop doing something:
    After 25 years as a teacher, he’s decided to call it quits.