How to pronounce “split the difference”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• In a financial transaction, to settle on an amount midway between the offer and the asking price.
• (idiomatic, by extension) To choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise.

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Similar Sounds

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