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 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 the U.S. are being compared to other countries. These figures are calculated using exchange rate conversions, and exchange rates fluctuate from year to year. Per capita GDP figures for countries and foreign dependencies are taken primarily from the United Nations and the World Bank; U.S. state and U.S. territory figures are