To execute by strangulation.
To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.
A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation.
An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
To kill.
To do away with.
To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount.
To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts.
To convert (assets) into cash; to redeem.
To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); to make the amount of (a debt) clear and certain.