Yuvarlat onu!

English translation: round it up/down

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Turkish term or phrase:Yuvarlat onu!
English translation:round it up/down
Entered by: SeiTT

08:05 Mar 27, 2014
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Sayings
Turkish term or phrase: Yuvarlat onu!
Greetings

After we had dined in a Turkish restaurant recently, one of us paid and then said, “Yuvarlat onu!” Please, what does that mean? Enquiries so far have produced contradictory results.

Best wishes, and many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:32
round it up/down
Explanation:
IMHO - We need more context though.

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Note added at 11 mins (2014-03-27 08:16:33 GMT)
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round something (up/down) (to something)
to increase or decrease a number to the next highest or lowest whole number

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Note added at 4 days (2014-03-31 11:58:23 GMT) Post-grading
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You are most welcome.
Selected response from:

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 01:32
Grading comment
Many thanks, very good indeed!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2round it up/down
Mehmet Hascan
4round off
Türker Türkbayrak
1 +1Keep the change!
Alvin Parmar


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
round off


Explanation:
for example if the amount is 155 TL, he wants to pay 150

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Note added at 9 mins (2014-03-27 08:14:43 GMT)
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I am not sure if round down suits better

Türker Türkbayrak
Türkiye
Local time: 03:32
Native speaker of: Turkish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Keep the change!


Explanation:
As everyone else has said, it could be either rounding up or down; however, if your friend did pay more than the actual bill, "keep the change" would be more idiomatic than "round it up".

Alvin Parmar
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Parastoo Khoshpasand
14 hrs
  -> Thank you!

neutral  Mehmet Hascan: I agree with your comment; however, "keep the change" literally means "üstü kalsın".
17 hrs
  -> Thank you - you're right, I should have pointed that out.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
round it up/down


Explanation:
IMHO - We need more context though.

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Note added at 11 mins (2014-03-27 08:16:33 GMT)
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round something (up/down) (to something)
to increase or decrease a number to the next highest or lowest whole number

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Note added at 4 days (2014-03-31 11:58:23 GMT) Post-grading
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You are most welcome.

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 01:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Many thanks, very good indeed!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mehmet Ali Bahıt
1 min
  -> Teşekkür ederim, Mehmet Ali bey.

agree  Parastoo Khoshpasand
1 day 1 hr
  -> Teşekkür ederim, Parastoo.
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