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to bump purse

to bump purse

9.8
To share the cost of something by paying together
  • phrasal verb
  • Slang
translation icon : compartir gastos
  • Whenever they go traveling, the friends bump purse to cover accommodation costs.

Examples

  • After dinner, the couple decided to bump purse instead of letting one person pay.

  • We usually bump purse when we grab coffee together after work.

  • Let's bump purse for dinner tonight!

  • Could we bump purse for the hotel stay?

  • After dinner, the couple decided to bump purse instead of letting one person pay.

  • We usually bump purse when we grab coffee together after work.

  • Whenever they go traveling, the friends bump purse to cover accommodation costs.

Synonyms

to go Dutch
vsto bump purse
  • Informal
5 5.5

To share the cost so each person pays for themselves

emphasizes joint payment or equal splitting rather than separate payments
to go halfsies
vsto bump purse
  • Slang
1 8.8

Share the cost of something equally between two people

is broader, covering joint payments and metaphorical social sharing
to put into the kitty
vsto bump purse
  • Informal
6.2

Give money to a shared pot to pay for something the group needs

describes direct shared payment between participants rather than pooled contributions

Antonyms

to keep apart
41 3.2

To stop people or objects from touching and mixing

How Much

to go halfsies
  • Slang
1 8.8
to bump purse
  • Slang
9.8
to contribute
883 2.7
to chip in
31 3.2

Surface Forms

bump purse infinitive
bumped purse past
bumped purse past participle
bumping purse present participle
bumps purse third person singular

Morphology

bump + purse

The sense 'to share or split expenses' is not predictably built from the constituents: 'bump' has no clear sense of 'share' or 'split' and 'purse' only signals money generally. The combination appears rare and idiomatic rather than following a regular compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the words would not reliably infer this meaning.

Etymology

Bump purse may come from the image of people who gently bump their purses or wallets together to put money in one place. That's why it now means 'to share or split the cost' and pay together.