keep the change

English

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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."

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

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