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go Dutch en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

A derivative of Dutch treat, from Dutch (“poor imitation; ersatz”), a derogatory term originally referring generically to German-speaking peoples as a whole; first attested 1914.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, informal, slang) To pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment.
   • Ashley Olsen may be a teenage zillionaire, but when she's out on the town with pals, she goes dutch. 2005, Rex Reed, reviewing De-Lovely in Mews Items: Amazing But True Cat Stories, by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun, p. 193
   • GOING DUTCH Some girls are quite willing to pay part of the expenses on special dates. When something is planned which is beyond the boy's means. . . . 1958, Evelyn Ruth (Millis) Duvall, The Art of Dating, Associated Press, p. 138

Forms

Relateds

go halves · Dutch treat

Translations (36)

cmn AA制 (split the cost) · ru устра́ивать скла́дчину (split the cost) · uk плати́ти ко́жен за се́бе (split the cost) · es pagar mitimota (split the cost) · no spleise (split the cost) · uk плати́ти в скла́дчину (split the cost) · pt dividir a conta (split the cost) · es dividir la cuenta (split the cost) · es pagar a pachas (split the cost) · ko 더치페이하다 (split the cost) · fr payer chacun sa part (split the cost) · ru плати́ть ка́ждый за себя́ (split the cost) · fi maksaa omansa (split the cost) · es pagar a la inglesa (split the cost) · ar وَزَّعَ الْمَصَارِيف (split the cost) · es dividir el compto (split the cost) · es pagar a escote (split the cost) · ro plăti nemțește (split the cost) · cmn 各自付帳 /各自付帐 (split the cost) · pl płacić osobno (split the cost) · de getrennte Kasse machen (split the cost) · de getrennt zahlen (split the cost) · it fare alla romana (split the cost) · es compartir el costo (split the cost) · fi jakaa lasku (split the cost) · es pagar a medias (split the cost) · mr तुझे तु माझे मी (split the cost) · es para de por medio (split the cost) · tr Alman usulü ödemek (split the cost) · ru плати́ть отде́льно (split the cost) · tl kanya-kanyang bayad (split the cost) · pt dividir o custo (split the cost) · es pagar mitimiti (split the cost) · ru устро́ить скла́дчину (split the cost) · ja 割り勘する (split the cost) · es ir a escote (split the cost)