"go Dutch" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go Dutch.ogg Forms: goes Dutch [present, singular, third-person], going Dutch [participle, present], went Dutch [past], gone Dutch [participle, past]
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. Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> Dutch}} go Dutch (third-person singular simple present goes Dutch, present participle going Dutch, simple past went Dutch, past participle gone Dutch)
  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. Wikipedia link: Going Dutch Tags: idiomatic, informal, slang Categories (topical): Restaurants Related terms: Dutch treat, go halves Translations (split the cost): وَزَّعَ الْمَصَارِيف (wazzaʕa l-maṣārīf) (Arabic), AA制 (èièi zhì) [informal] (Chinese Mandarin), 各自付帳 [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), 各自付帐 (gèzì fù zhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), maksaa omansa (Finnish), jakaa lasku (Finnish), payer chacun sa part (French), getrennte Kasse machen (German), getrennt zahlen (english: restaurant etc) (German), fare alla romana (Italian), 割り勘する (warikan suru) (alt: わりかんする) (Japanese), 더치페이하다 (deochipeihada) (Korean), तुझे तु माझे मी (tujhe tu mājhe mī) (Marathi), spleise (Norwegian), płacić osobno (Polish), dividir o custo (Portuguese), dividir a conta (Portuguese), plăti nemțește (Romanian), устра́ивать скла́дчину (ustráivatʹ skládčinu) [imperfective] (Russian), устро́ить скла́дчину (ustróitʹ skládčinu) [perfective] (Russian), плати́ть отде́льно (platítʹ otdélʹno) [imperfective] (Russian), плати́ть ка́ждый за себя́ (platítʹ káždyj za sebjá) [imperfective] (Russian), ir a escote (Spanish), pagar a escote (Spanish), pagar a la inglesa (Spanish), pagar a pachas (Spanish), kanya-kanyang bayad (Tagalog), Alman usulü ödemek (Turkish), плати́ти ко́жен за се́бе (platýty kóžen za sébe) (Ukrainian), плати́ти в скла́дчину (platýty v skládčynu) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "ustráivatʹ skládčinu",
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          "roman": "platýty kóžen za sébe",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "platýty kóžen za sébe",
      "sense": "split the cost",
      "word": "плати́ти ко́жен за се́бе"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "platýty v skládčynu",
      "sense": "split the cost",
      "word": "плати́ти в скла́дчину"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go Dutch"
}

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