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reconcile

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To restore harmony or make differing accounts or ideas consistent.

She compared the receipts to reconcile the two expense records.

Dictionary practice example.

A neighborhood arts club discovered that a member had been charged twice for the same room booking. The treasurer began to reconcile the payment record with the booking log so she could identify exactly what had happened.

From Putting the Record Right.

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