Gratuity
[grə'tjuːɪtɪ] or [ɡrə'tuəti]
Definition
(noun.) an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation.
(noun.) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter).
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Definition
(n.) Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present.
(n.) Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment.
Typist: Willard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Present, gift, donation, benefaction, bounty, largess, grant, free gift.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GRATUITOUS_and_BONUS]
Typed by Frank
Definition
n. a present: an acknowledgment of service generally pecuniary.—adj. Gratū′itous done or given for nothing: voluntary: without reason ground or proof.—adv. Gratū′itously.
Checker: Zelig
Examples
- The debtor, for fear of a very severe execution, was obliged, without any further gratuity, to vote for the candidate whom the creditor recommended. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That gratuity which I receive at Christmas, ma'am: I never touch it. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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