going Dutch
Each pays own
Going Dutch is splitting a bill so each person pays for their own portion, rather than one person treating the others: Let's go Dutch on dinner.
The phrase appears most often in dating contexts, where it signals that the outing isn't a traditional date with one party paying.
Also Dutch treat or simply to Dutch.
- cost-sharingSplitting financial responsibility
- separate checksIndividual payment requests
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- mutual respectTwo-way esteem between parties
- idiomatic expressionsPhrases with non-literal meanings
equality · even split · fair share · cross-cultural communication · independence · shared responsibility · politeness · reciprocity · first date · Holland · financial autonomy · stereotypes · compromise · societal values · self-sufficiency · Netherlands · go · transparency
- cost sharingcopay, deductible, coinsurance, out-of-pocket, group rates
- DutchHolland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Utrecht
- Dutch cultureSinterklaas, stroopwafels, tulips, gezelligheid, bitterballen
payment responsibility
going Dutchtreating
Dealing with medically
footing the bill · buying · hosting · on the house · comping