down with your shot
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Your reckoning or quota, your money. See SCOT. As the fund of our pleasure, let us each pay his shot. BEN JONSON.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “down with your shot” mean?
Your reckoning or quota, your money. See SCOT. As the fund of our pleasure, let us each pay his shot. BEN JONSON.
Is “down with your shot” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.