verb/a.ki.te/
to pay; to acknowledge (a signal), to notify the receipt of; to clear, to acquit; to discharge, to complete (one's duty)
“La jeune femme fit de réels efforts pour s'acquitter sérieusement de la corvée.” — The young woman made real serious efforts to finish her chores.
Inherited from Old French acquiter, from Medieval Latin acquitāre, adquietāre (“to pay a debt”), from ad- + quitare (“to set free”), from Late Latin quietāre.