Phrase guide

keep the change

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: احتفظ بالباقي — instruction to keep the change
  • Azerbaijani: pulun qalığını özünüzə saxlayın — instruction to keep the change
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不用找了 (bù yòng zhǎo le) — instruction to keep the change
  • Finnish: pitäkää vaihtorahat — instruction to keep the change
  • French: gardez la monnaie — instruction to keep the change
  • Galician: quédese co cambio — instruction to keep the change
  • German: behalten Sie das Wechselgeld — instruction to keep the change
  • German: stimmt so — instruction to keep the change
  • Hungarian: a többi a magáé — instruction to keep the change
  • Hungarian: az apró a magáé — instruction to keep the change
  • Hungarian: köszönöm — instruction to keep the change
  • Italian: tenga il resto — instruction to keep the change
  • Japanese: お釣りは結構です (o-tsuri wa kekkō desu) — instruction to keep the change
  • Korean: 잔돈 안 주셔도 됩니다 (jandon an jusyeodo doemnida) — instruction to keep the change
  • Norwegian Bokmål: behold resten — instruction to keep the change
  • Persian: بقیه اش مال خودت! — instruction to keep the change
  • Polish: reszty nie trzeba — instruction to keep the change
  • Portuguese: pode ficar com o troco — instruction to keep the change
  • Romanian: păstrează restul — instruction to keep the change
  • Romanian: păstrați restul — instruction to keep the change
  • Russian: сда́чи не на́до (sdáči ne nádo) — instruction to keep the change
  • Spanish: quédese con el cambio — instruction to keep the change
  • Swedish: behåll växeln — instruction to keep the change
  • Turkish: üstü kalsın — instruction to keep the change