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Gratuity

noun

(pl. gratuities)

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, pourboire, tip.

An award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation.

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"Gratuity" Quotes from Famous Books

... committees were organized and George Ingram's gospel of Helpfulness found another practical expression. The Educational Bureau was not a gratuity in any of its departments, as small fees were charged in all the evening classes, which were crowded with old and young. For twenty consecutive Saturday evenings in the winter season, a four-fold intellectual treat was furnished ...

— The Harris-Ingram Experiment • Charles E. Bolton

... cries Jones, "the right owner shall certainly have again all that she lost; and as for any farther gratuity, I really cannot give it you at present; but let me know your name, and where you live, and it is more than possible you may hereafter have further reason to ...

— The History of Tom Jones, a foundling • Henry Fielding

... went to his carriage lamp to count the money, and seeing that he had the exact amount—"And my gratuity?" he asked. ...

— Baron Trigault's Vengeance - Volume 2 (of 2) • Emile Gaboriau

... accustomed post. His appearance produced quite a sensation among the officials of the passing train. The case was reported and an inquiry instituted, which however resulted in his favour, as the railway authorities granted the honest gate-keeper a gratuity of ten marks for the ...

— Railway Adventures and Anecdotes - extending over more than fifty years • Various

... bodies and clothes; even the small charms or spells worn upon the arm in neatly-sewn leathern packets are full of these vermin. Such spells are generally verses copied from the Koran by the Faky, or priest, who receives some small gratuity in exchange; the men wear several of such talismans upon the arm above the elbow, but the women wear a large bunch of charms, as a sort of chatelaine, suspended beneath their clothes round the waist. Although the tope or robe, loosely but ...

— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker

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