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bak⋅sheesh

  [bak-sheesh, bak-sheesh] (in the Near and Middle East)
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–noun
1. a tip, present, or gratuity.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to give a tip.
Also, bakshish, bakshis.

Origin:
1615–25; < Pers bakhshish gift
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baksheesh 
1625, in India, Egypt, etc., "a tip," from Pers. bakhshish, lit. "gift," from verb bakhshidan "to give."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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