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gratuity

[ gruh-too-i-tee, -tyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural gra·tu·i·ties.

a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip.
something given without claim or demand.
British.
1. a bonus granted to war veterans by the government.
2. a bonus given military personnel on discharge or retirement.

gratuity

/ ɡrəˈtjuːɪtɪ /

1515–25; < Middle French gratuite, equivalent to Latin grātuī ( tus ) free + Middle French -te -ty ²

This, of course, I gladly granted as well as a little parting gratuity.

Although the gratuity has been frequently calculated in anticipation, you fail in making the mutual reminiscences agreeable.

After looking over the upper part, a small gratuity of two rupees to a sailor enabled us to proceed below to see the guns.

"The request for a glass of water was evidently only an excuse for the bestowal of an extraordinarily large gratuity," said David.

They were authorized to give up Maine to the King, and even to tender him a private gratuity of two thousand guineas.

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