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Backsheesh

Back"sheesh`\, Backshish \Back"shish`\, n. [Pers. bakhsh[=i]sh, fr. bakhsh[=i]dan to give.] In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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backsheesh

noun
a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: gratuity
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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