the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > even or be even with (2)
figurative, esp. in certain phrases. to clear, pay, quit a scoreor scores: to requite an obligation; sometimes, to revenge an injury, to ‘be even with…
transitive. To reconcile (disagreements); to come to agreement upon (points of difference). Also: to set to rights (what is amiss); cf. to make odds…