"keep the change" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} keep the change
  1. An instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tip. Translations (instruction to keep the change): احتفظ بالباقي (Arabic), 不用找了 (bù yòng zhǎo le) (Chinese Mandarin), pitäkää vaihtorahat (Finnish), gardez la monnaie (French), quédese co cambio (Galician), behalten Sie das Wechselgeld (German), stimmt so (German), a többi a magáé (Hungarian), az apró a magáé (Hungarian), köszönöm (english: said with some emphasis when handing over a banknote with a value not considerably larger than the required sum) (Hungarian), tenga il resto (Italian), お釣りは結構です (o-tsuri wa kekkō desu) (Japanese), 잔돈 안 주셔도 됩니다 (jandon an jusyeodo doemnida) (Korean), behold resten (Norwegian Bokmål), بقیه اش مال خودت! (Persian), reszty nie trzeba (Polish), pode ficar com o troco (Portuguese), păstrează restul [informal] (Romanian), păstrați restul [formal] (Romanian), сда́чи не на́до (sdáči ne nádo) (Russian), quédese con el cambio (Spanish), behåll växeln (Swedish), üstü kalsın (Turkish)

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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "احتفظ بالباقي"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bù yòng zhǎo le",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "不用找了"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "pitäkää vaihtorahat"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "gardez la monnaie"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "quédese co cambio"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "behalten Sie das Wechselgeld"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "stimmt so"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "a többi a magáé"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "az apró a magáé"
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          "code": "hu",
          "english": "said with some emphasis when handing over a banknote with a value not considerably larger than the required sum",
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          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "köszönöm"
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          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "tenga il resto"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "o-tsuri wa kekkō desu",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "お釣りは結構です"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jandon an jusyeodo doemnida",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "잔돈 안 주셔도 됩니다"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "behold resten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "بقیه اش مال خودت!"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "reszty nie trzeba"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "pode ficar com o troco"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "păstrează restul"
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          "roman": "sdáči ne nádo",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "сда́чи не на́до"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "quédese con el cambio"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "behåll växeln"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
          "word": "üstü kalsın"
        }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "احتفظ بالباقي"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù yòng zhǎo le",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "不用找了"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "pitäkää vaihtorahat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "gardez la monnaie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "quédese co cambio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "behalten Sie das Wechselgeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "stimmt so"
    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "a többi a magáé"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "az apró a magáé"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "english": "said with some emphasis when handing over a banknote with a value not considerably larger than the required sum",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "köszönöm"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "tenga il resto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "o-tsuri wa kekkō desu",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "お釣りは結構です"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jandon an jusyeodo doemnida",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "잔돈 안 주셔도 됩니다"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "behold resten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "بقیه اش مال خودت!"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "reszty nie trzeba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "pode ficar com o troco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "păstrează restul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "păstrați restul"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdáči ne nádo",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "сда́чи не на́до"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "quédese con el cambio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "behåll växeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "instruction to keep the change",
      "word": "üstü kalsın"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep the change"
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