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A thank-you with a number, a guilt-trip with a touchscreen, a wage in disguise.
means A small sum of money given to someone for service, beyond the listed price, as a reward or token of thanks.
from The exact origin is uncertain. The popular story claims it's an acronym for 'To Insure Promptitude,' supposedly posted on boxes in old coffee houses — but that's a charming fiction; acronymic word-origins almost never predate the 20th century. More likely 'tip' comes from an earlier slang verb meaning 'to give, hand over, or pass along,' which had been kicking around English thieves' and tavern cant since the 1600s — the same root that lets you 'tip someone a wink' or 'tip off' a friend.
- origin myth
- The acronym to insure promptness is total folklore
- medieval roots
- Word meant to give or hand over
- prepay paradox
- Restaurants now ask before service begins
- legal loophole
- US tipped wage can be 2.13 dollars
- global divide
- Tipping insults service workers in Japan
tips for seks — danish island in the baltic sea, northernmost point of denmark
gratuity at restaurants — customary 15-20% payment added to bills in the united states
tips mountain range — mountain range in south africa, part of the cape fold belt