gratuity.
An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.
Meaning & usage
An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.
service gratuity
cash gratuity
Euphemistic form of fee, in contexts where such additional payments have been made obligatory.
Euphemistic form of bribe.
Where this word comes from
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.
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