Meaning

2 senses

  1. In a financial transaction, to settle on an amount midway between the offer and the asking price.

  2. (broadly, idiomatic)To choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Why don't we split the difference?

    ruПочему б нам не взять среднее?

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  2. Let's split the difference.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

splits the difference, splitting the difference, split the difference, split the difference
Base formsplit the difference · to split the difference
3rd person singularsplits the difference
Present participlesplitting the difference
Past simplesplit the difference
Past participlesplit the difference

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysplit the difference
he, she, itsplits the difference

Past simpleLesson

all personssplit the difference

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave split the difference
he, she, ithas split the difference

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill split the difference

Synonyms

1 synonyms
meet halfway

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsplitsies

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
splinterC2splitB2splittingsplurge
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