Usually means: Compromise by meeting in middle.
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  1. split the difference: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. split the difference: Merriam-Webster
  3. split the difference: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. split the difference: Collins English Dictionary
  5. split the difference: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. split the difference: Wiktionary
  7. split the difference: Dictionary.com
  8. Split The Difference: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. split the difference: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. split the difference: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (split the difference)

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

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