pay back instead; get money in a reverse transaction
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to pay money back (to the party who should have paid); to give change in reverse
informalUsed in situations where the payer and payee roles are mistakenly reversed, often in a transaction or settlement.
Wǒ我
nòng弄
cuò错
le了
zhàng账
dān单
，
méi没
ràng让
tā他
fù付
qián钱
，
fǎn反
ér而
gěi给
tā他
dào倒
zhǎo找
le了
wǔ五
shí十
kuài块
。
I messed up the bill; instead of letting him pay, I ended up giving him fifty yuan back.
Lǎo老
bǎn板
hú糊
tu涂
le了
，
bǎ把
mǎi买
mài卖
zuò做
fǎn反
le了
，
gù顾
kè客
mǎi买
le了
dōng东
xi西
，
wǒ我
men们
hái还
dào倒
zhǎo找
qián钱
。
The boss got confused and reversed the transaction; the customer bought something, and we ended up paying them back.
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Suàn算
cuò错
zhàng账
de的
shí时
hòu候
，
xiǎo小
xīn心
bié别
dào倒
zhǎo找
qián钱
gěi给
bié别
rén人
。
When you miscalculate the bill, be careful not to pay money back to the customer by mistake.