keep the change

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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."

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