Gratuity vs. Tip

Gratuitynoun

An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.

Tipnoun

The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

‘the tip of one's nose’;

Gratuitynoun

, in contexts where such additional payments have been made obligatory.

Tipnoun

A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

‘a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.’;

Gratuitynoun

Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present.

Tipnoun

(music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

Gratuitynoun

Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment.

Tipnoun

A small piece of meat.

‘chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips’;

Gratuitynoun

a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

Tipnoun

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

Gratuitynoun

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

Tipnoun

A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

Gratuity

A gratuity (normally called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a client or customer to certain service sector workers for the service they have performed, in addition to the basic price of the service. It may or may not be customary to tip servers in bars and restaurants, taxi drivers (including ridesharing), hair stylists and so on, but this depends on the country or location.

Tipnoun

The knocking over of a skittle.

Tipnoun

An act of tipping up or tilting.

Tipnoun

An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.

Tipnoun

Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

Tipnoun

A recycling centre.

Tipnoun

(colloquial) A very untidy place.

Tipnoun

The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips

Tipnoun

A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.

Tipnoun

A light blow or tap.

Tipnoun

A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.

Tipnoun

A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.

Tipnoun

A piece of advice.

Tipverb

(transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

Tipverb

(ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.

Tipverb

(ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.

Tipverb

To drink.

Tipverb

(transitive) To dump (refuse).

Tipverb

To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.

Tipverb

(transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.

Tipverb

To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.

Tipverb

To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.

‘In some cities waiters must be tipped.’;

Tipverb

To give, pass.

Tipverb

To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.

Tipnoun

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

‘To the very tip of the nose.’;

Tipnoun

An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

Tipnoun

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

Tipnoun

A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

Tipnoun

Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

Tipnoun

A light touch or blow; a tap.

Tipnoun

A gift; a douceur; a fee.

Tipnoun

A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.

Tipverb

To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.

‘With truncheon tipped with iron head.’; ‘Tipped with jet,Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.’;

Tipverb

To strike slightly; to tap.

‘A third rogue tips me by the elbow.’;

Tipverb

To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.

Tipverb

To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

Tipverb

To fall on, or incline to, one side.

Tipnoun

the extreme end of something; especially something pointed

Tipnoun

a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

Tipnoun

an indication of potential opportunity;

‘he got a tip on the stock market’; ‘a good lead for a job’;

Tipnoun

a V shape;

‘the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points’;

Tipnoun

the top point of a mountain or hill;

‘the view from the peak was magnificent’; ‘they clambered to the summit of Monadnock’;

Tipverb

cause to tilt;

‘tip the screen upward’;

Tipverb

mark with a tip;

‘tip the arrow with the small stone’;

Tipverb

give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation;

‘Remember to tip the waiter’; ‘fee the steward’;

Tipverb

cause to topple or tumble by pushing

Tipverb

to incline or bend from a vertical position;

‘She leaned over the banister’;

Tipverb

walk on one's toes

Tipverb

strike lightly;

‘He tapped me on the shoulder’;

Tipverb

give insider information or advise to;

‘He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot’;

Tipverb

remove the tip from;

‘tip artichokes’;