gratuity
Meaning
- An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.
- Euphemistic form of fee, in contexts where such additional payments have been made obligatory.
- Euphemistic form of bribe.
Synonyms
bakshis
retirement allowance
dismissal pay
dismissal wage
compensation for removal
retiring brenefit
redundancy payment
bonus payment
retirement pay
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɹəˈtjuːətɪ/
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.
New
bribe
-
- Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
- That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
New
fee
-
- An amount charged for a privilege.
- An amount charged for professional services.
- An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.
- An inheritable estate in land, whether absolute and without limitation to potential heirs (fee simple) or with limitations to particular kinds of heirs (fee tail).
- A right to the use of a superior's land as a stipend for certain services to be performed, typically military service.
- Synonym of fief: the land so held.
- An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of performance of certain services, typically military service.
- (obsolete) Synonym of possession.
- (obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
- (obsolete) A prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.
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