清算

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 清算, read せいさん, denotes settling accounts or fully clearing a debt or past obligation.
• Basic usage: It covers settling travel expenses and clearing a long-standing debt to close it out.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Financial settlement and closing out
  • The basic sense is balancing accounts, extended to fully clearing a debt or past obligation.