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gratuity

noun
/ɡɹəˈtjuːətɪ/UK/ɡɹəˈtuːətɪ/US

Etymology

From Middle French gratuité (from Old French gratuite) or directly from Medieval Latin gratuitas (“a free gift”), from Latin gratuitus (“freely given, free”); see gratuitous.

  1. derived from gratuitus
  2. derived from gratuitas
  3. derived from gratuite
  4. borrowed from gratuité

Definitions

  1. An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.

    • service gratuity
    • cash gratuity
    • leave with a gratuity

  2. Euphemistic form of fee, in contexts where such additional payments have been made…

    Euphemistic form of fee, in contexts where such additional payments have been made obligatory.

  3. Euphemistic form of bribe.

The neighborhood

Derived

autograt

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gratuity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA