keep the change

English

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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.
   • 1972, Harry Chapin (lyrics and music), “Taxi”, in Heads & Tales:

     And she handed me twenty dollars / For a two fifty fare, she said / "Harry, keep the change."

Translations

instruction to keep the change

• Arabic: احتفظ بالباقي
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不用找了 (bù yòng zhǎo le)

• Finnish: pitäkää vaihtorahat
• French: gardez la monnaie (fr)
• Galician: quédese co cambio
• German: behalten Sie das Wechselgeld, stimmt so
• Hungarian: a többi a magáé, az apró a magáé, (said with some emphasis when handing over a banknote with a value not considerably larger than the required sum) köszönöm (hu) (literally “thank you”)
• Italian: tenga il resto
• Japanese: お釣りは結構です (o-tsuri wa kekkō desu)
• Korean: 잔돈 안 주셔도 됩니다 (jandon an jusyeodo doemnida)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: behold resten

• Persian: بقیه اش مال خودت!
• Polish: reszty nie trzeba
• Portuguese: pode ficar com o troco
• Romanian: păstrează restul (informal), păstrați restul (formal)
• Russian: сда́чи не на́до (sdáči ne nádo)
• Spanish: quédese con el cambio
• Swedish: behåll växeln
• Turkish: üstü kalsın