Going Dutch Going Dutch "Going Dutch" (sometimes written with lower-case dutch) is a term that indicates that each person participating in a paid activity covers their own expenses, rather than any one person in the group defraying the cost for the entire group. The term stems from restaurant dining etiquette in the Western world where each person pays for their meal. It is also called Dutch date, Dutch treat (the oldest form, a pejorative) and doing Dutch. There are two possible senses—each person paying their own expenses, or the entire bill being split (divided evenly) between all participants. In strict usage, "Going
Comparison between U.S. states and sovereign states by GDP (nominal) per capita from various sources. Figures are taken from dates ranging from the years 2013 to 2017. These figures for 2009 are based on the International Monetary Fund list on List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita for world GDP, and the List of U.S. states by GDP per capita (nominal) figures. Comparison between U.S. states and sovereign states by GDP (nominal) per capita This is a comparison between U.S. states and countries' per capita nominal gross domestic product. The U.S. is not counted as a whole in the overall rank because this would be double counting since the states of