Learn About Cultural Expression With This Short Video: Breaking a Bill!
We use “break a bill” when we need to get change or smaller bills from someone. For examples a child wants candy in a machine. You go to the counter at a restaurant and say, “Can you break this dollar?”
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Transcript
Hey, can you break a hundred?
Yeah. I don’t understand why but…
No. I don’t mean rip it.
I mean, I need change!
Oh sure. I have a few coins.
When you say break a hundred,
it means you want smaller bills,
like five twenties or ten tens.
We say break a bill.
Can you break this for me?
