Tip (gratuity)

Tip (gratuity)
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  • gratuity — gra‧tu‧i‧ty [grəˈtjuːti ǁ ˈtuː ] noun gratuities PLURALFORM [countable] formal 1. a small amount of money given to someone for a service they provide; = TIP: • In many restaurants, a small gratuity given in advance may greatly improve service …   Financial and business terms

  • gratuity — I (bribe) noun corrupting gift, corruption, graft, hush money, illegal gain, influence by a gift, jobbery, kickback, price, price of corruption, protection, rakeoff, sop, subornation associated concepts: bribe receiving, emolument, illegal… …   Law dictionary

  • tip — 1 n 1: information provided to the police or authorities regarding crime 2: a piece of inside information esp. of advantage in securities trading tip 2 vt tipped, tip·ping: to provide a tip to or about often used with off tip·per n …   Law dictionary

  • tip — tip1 [tip] n. [ME tippe, akin to MLowG tip, point, top, Ger zipf in zipfel, an end, tip, prob. < IE base * dumb , tail > Avestan duma , tail] 1. the pointed, tapering, or rounded end or top of something long and slim 2. something attached… …   English World dictionary

  • Tip (disambiguation) — Tip may refer to: *Tipping, the payment of a gratuity for services rendered. * A landfill. *The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, around 50 volumes, 1953 to present. * One side of the electrical circuit used to connect a wired telephone.… …   Wikipedia

  • tip — / tipoff [n1] inside information bang*, bug*, buzz*, clue, cue, dope*, forecast, hint, in*, information, inkling, inside wire, knowledge, news, point, pointer, prediction, prompt, secret information, steer*, suggestion, two cents’ worth*, warning …   New thesaurus

  • tip|pa|ble — tip|pa|ble1 «TIHP uh buhl», adjective. that can be tipped, tilted, or overturned. ╂[< tip2 + able] tip|pa|ble2 «TIHP uh buhl», adjective. that can be tipped, or given a gratuity. ╂[< tip3 + able] …   Useful english dictionary

  • gratuity — is a somewhat pretentious word for ‘tip’, and is usually found in printed form on restaurant menus and bills. It also refers (without the same pretension) to a bounty given in certain circumstances to servicemen and servicewomen when they are… …   Modern English usage

  • gratuity — [n] gift, tip alms, benefaction, bonus, boon, bounty, contribution, donation, fringe benefit, grease palm*, largesse, little something*, offering, perk*, perquisite, present, recompense, reward, salve*, sweetener*, token; concepts 337,344 …   New thesaurus

  • gratuity — ► NOUN (pl. gratuities) 1) formal a tip given to a waiter, porter, etc. 2) Brit. a sum of money paid to an employee at the end of a period of employment. ORIGIN Latin gratuitas gift …   English terms dictionary

  • gratuity — [grə to͞o′i tē, gretyo͞o′i tē] n. pl. gratuities [Fr gratuité < ML gratuitas < L gratuitus: see GRATUITOUS] a sum of money, often a percentage of the total billed, given to a server, porter, etc. for a service or favor; tip SYN. PRESENT …   English World dictionary

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