splitting the bill

Dividing dining costs

Splitting the bill is dividing a restaurant check or other shared expense among the people who incurred it.

The split may be equal or proportional to what each person ordered: Let's just split the bill evenly.

The practice varies by culture and social context—some find it natural, others consider it cheap or awkward.

Related

fair share · restaurant · dinner · Venmo · credit card · calculator · receipt · awkward · friends · itemize · fair · halves · even · money · owe · group · payment · separate

Categories
Opposites
payment distribution

splitting the billtreating

Dealing with medically

footing the bill · hosting · wining and dining · comped · separate checks

generosity/social gesture

splitting the billtreating

Dealing with medically

wining and dining · mooching · freeloading

Family

split, splits, splitter, splitting, bill, billed, billing, biller

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G