Timeline for Friendlier way to express you paid for a person's drink/dinner and expect it to be paid back
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| Oct 12, 2012 at 17:46 | comment | added | J.R. | RE: "'This one's on me' carries the implication that you don't expect to be paid back" - so does 'I'll cover this one' and 'I've got this' | |
| Oct 12, 2012 at 8:02 | vote | accept | Ward Bekker | ||
| Oct 11, 2012 at 23:44 | comment | added | J.R. | @DJClayworth: I agree, which is why I included the ellipsis (...) at the end. Put another way, Hellion's "I'll cover this one" and "I've got this" also carry the implication you don't expect to be paid back, unless you append them with something like "you can get the next" or "you can owe me" – much like Hellion did in his answer. So, "This one's on me" works for the first part of the expression, and the speaker is free to work in whatever caveat works best, like "...you can take care of it next time," or, "...I'll let you write an IOU." | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 22:19 | comment | added | Souta |
@DJClayworth I wish I had your friends because This one's on me implies strings attached. As in, this one is on me until I ask something of you.
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| Oct 11, 2012 at 22:19 | comment | added | alcas | +1, "cover" is most likely what I would say (US English speaker). | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 21:02 | comment | added | DJClayworth | "This one's on me" carries the implication that you don't expect to be paid back. | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 20:30 | comment | added | user19148 | +1 for "will pick up", but I agree with @amacy too. | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 20:03 | comment | added | J.R. | All these, plus, "This one's on me..." | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 19:21 | comment | added | amacy | +1 for "cover" and "got" - that's what I'd use in the first person, too. | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 19:12 | history | answered | Hellion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |