keep the change

phrase

An instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tip.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

phrase

alternative you can keep the change

  1. An instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tip.

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

    1972, Harry Chapin, “Taxi”, in Heads & Tales

Translations

Arabic احتفظ بالباقي
  • احتفظ بالباقيinstruction to keep the change
Chinese Mandarin 不用找了
  • 不用找了 (bù yòng zhǎo le)instruction to keep the change
Finnish pitäkää vaihtorahat
  • pitäkää vaihtorahatinstruction to keep the change
French gardez la monnaie
  • gardez la monnaieinstruction to keep the change
German behalten Sie das Wechselgeld, stimmt so
  • behalten Sie das Wechselgeldinstruction to keep the change
  • stimmt soinstruction to keep the change
Hungarian a többi a magáé, az apró a magáé
  • a többi a magáéinstruction to keep the change
  • az apró a magáéinstruction to keep the change
  • köszönöminstruction to keep the change
Italian tenga il resto
  • tenga il restoinstruction to keep the change
Japanese お釣りは結構です
  • お釣りは結構です (o-tsuri wa kekkō desu)instruction to keep the change
Korean 잔돈 안 주셔도 됩니다
  • 잔돈 안 주셔도 됩니다 (jandon an jusyeodo doemnida)instruction to keep the change
Norwegian Bokmål behold resten
  • behold resteninstruction to keep the change
Persian بقیه اش مال خودت!
  • بقیه اش مال خودت!instruction to keep the change
Polish reszty nie trzeba
  • reszty nie trzebainstruction to keep the change
Portuguese pode ficar com o troco
  • pode ficar com o trocoinstruction to keep the change
Romanian păstrează restul, păstrați restul
  • păstrează restulinstruction to keep the change
  • păstrați restulinstruction to keep the change
Russian сда́чи не на́до
  • сда́чи не на́до (sdáči ne nádo)instruction to keep the change
Spanish quédese con el cambio
  • quédese con el cambioinstruction to keep the change
Swedish behåll växeln
  • behåll växelninstruction to keep the change
Turkish üstü kalsın
  • üstü kalsıninstruction to keep the change
Cite this entry
APA

keep the change. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20the%20change

MLA

“keep the change.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20the%20change. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keep the change,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20the%20change.

Source: keep the change on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.