to round down; to waive the small change
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Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesverb
to round down the bill; to waive the small change
informal常用于购物、用餐等现金交易场景，作为一种便利或善意的表示。通常是卖方抹去零头给买方优惠。
Yī一
gòng共
shì是
jiǔ9
shí8
bā块
kuài5
，
wǔ老
lǎo板
bǎn说
shuō抹
mǒ零
líng了
，
le收
shōu你
nǐ9
jiǔ8
shí块
bā吧
。
The total is 98.5 yuan; the boss said he'll round it down and charge you 98 yuan.
Zhè这
jiàn件
yī衣
fu服
sì4
shí8
bā块
kuài8
，
bā给
gěi你
nǐ抹
mǒ个
ge零
，
líng给
gěi4
sì8
shí就
bā行
。
This piece of clothing is 48.8 yuan; I'll waive the change, just give me 48.
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Lǎo老
gù顾
kè客
le了
，
líng零
tóu头
jiù就
mǒ抹
diào掉
ba吧
。
You're a regular customer, we'll just round off the small change.
Xiàn现
zài在
yòng用
shǒu手
jī机
zhī支
fù付
，
hěn很
shǎo少
yǒu有
rén人
mǒ抹
líng零
le了
。
Nowadays with mobile payments, few people bother to round down the change.
Jié结
zhàng账
shí时
，
shōu收
yín银
yuán员
zhǔ主
dòng动
gěi给
wǒ我
mǒ抹
le了
líng零
。
When checking out, the cashier proactively waived the small change for me.