Having paid one's share of a bill or reckoning; settled up on a payment owed.
Past participle of the verb 'escot,' meaning to pay one's share. Formed with the regular English past tense suffix '-ed' applied to the noun-verb 'escot.'
In Chaucer's time, being 'escoted' was a mark of good standing in a group—you paid your way and weren't a freeloader, making it a social obligation that medieval people took seriously when dining together.
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