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to go halfsies

to go halfsies

1 8.8
Share the cost of something equally between two people
  • phrasal verb
  • Slang
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  • They decided to go halfsies on the hotel room for the weekend.

Examples

Synonyms

to divvy up
vsto go halfsies
  • Informal
10 4.2

Share things or money between several people

splits the cost equally between two people rather than among several
to go Dutch
vsto go halfsies
  • Informal
5 5.5

To share the cost so each person pays for themselves

splits the cost equally between two people instead of paying per person

Antonyms

to go it alone
  • Informal
26 5.3

To do something without help from other people

How Shared

divided up
16 2.9
to go halfsies
  • Slang
1 8.8
to cover
∞ 1.9

Surface Forms

go halfsies infinitive
went halfsies past
gone halfsies past participle
going halfsies present participle
go halfsies third person singular

Morphology

go + halfsies

The meaning 'to share the cost equally' is largely inferable from combining 'go' (to take part/do) with 'halfsies' (a colloquial/diminutive form of 'halves'/'half'), so a learner who recognises 'halfsies' as relating to 'half' can derive the sense. However, 'halfsies' is informal and morphologically non-standard, so the exact colloquial phrasing may not be immediately clear to learners without exposure, making the construction only partially predictable.

Etymology

The expression go halfsies comes from imagining two people taking a half each of a bill, with the playful '-sies' ending making it sound casual. That's why it means 'to share the cost of something equally'.