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Definition

a tip given in appreciation for service — as to a waiter

More rarely, a gratuity may not be optional as when a restaurant adds a service charge to the bill for large parties.

She travels with a universal plug adapter and an international tip and gratuity guide.

The restaurant includes a 15% gratuity for parties of five or more.
...distributing so liberal a gratuity among her crew as to secure for him the good wishes of all...
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
We are getting used to tidy, noiseless waiters, who glide hither and thither, and hover about your back and your elbows like butterflies, quick to comprehend orders, quick to fill them; thankful for a gratuity without regard to the amount; and always polite—never otherwise than polite.
Mark Twain -- The Innocents Abroad
They also provided me with what she called "a gratuity": $28.
Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
A coachman who wants a gratuity is capable of anything, even of imagination.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
"Yes," Bacchus said, "although with demigod parties of five or more the gratuity is included, so that wasn't necessary."
Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
He appeared a comfortable owner of something, a man from whom the common run of mortals could well expect gratuities.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
We are not permitted to accept gratuities.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
I believed that love is a gratuity, not a reward to be earnedjust as they believe it is their right to demand an unearned wealth.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
With fifteen thousand pounds, a gratuity and a pension from the Circus, a man—as Control would say—can afford to come in from the cold.
John Le Carre -- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
That gratuity which I receive at Christmas, ma'am: I never touch it.
Charles Dickens -- Hard Times
So we slide from bribe to gratuity.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
That's your gratuity," he sulked before suddenly perking up.
Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom
Water, rest, shelter, and protection were all he looked for from the proprietor, and they were gratuities.
Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
She appreciated my generosity, no doubt, and saw clear to the idea that she might expand on that gratuity by increasing the canvas, if I may adopt an art analogy.
Stephen King -- Rose Red
Capable of gratuity!
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
A third, in the absence of opponents, between two councils would simply solicit a special gratuity for his faithful services, well knowing that at that moment people would be too busy to refuse him.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
He may ENJOY this finer tribute—that is another affair, but on condition only of taking it as a gratuity "thrown in," a mere miraculous windfall, the fruit of a tree he may not pretend to have shaken.
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
He may ENJOY this finer tribute—that is another affair, but on condition only of taking it as a gratuity "thrown in," a mere miraculous windfall, the fruit of a tree he may not pretend to have shaken.
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volumes 1 & 2

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