goes Dutch
Pays own share
Goes Dutch means splitting the cost of a meal or outing rather than having one person pay for everyone.
The phrase typically describes a dating arrangement where each person covers their own expenses: We went Dutch on dinner.
Going Dutch avoids the expectation that one party—traditionally the man—will treat the other.
- shared expensesCosts divided among parties
- separate checksIndividual payment requests
- sharedHeld in common
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- financial independenceWealth sustaining indefinite living
mutual agreement · reciprocity · personal finance · fairness · budgeting · self-sufficiency · dining etiquette · first date · dinner date · thriftiness · colloquialism · historical references · economic cooperation · metaphorical speech · social norms · dating · check · even split
payment responsibility
goes Dutchtreats
Snacks given as rewards
foots the bill · buys · pays · wines and dines · bankrolls