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Webster's Definitions
Main Entry: gra·tu·ity
Pronunciation: gr&-'tü-&-tE, -'tyü-
Function: noun
InflectedForm(s): plural -ities
Date:1540
: something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service; especially : TIP
Main Entry: tip
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): tipped; tip·ping
Etymology: perhaps from tip
Date: circa 1610
transitive senses
1 : GIVE, PRESENT
2 : to give a gratuity to
intransitive senses : to bestow a gratuity
Main Entry: tip
Function: noun
Date:1755
: a gift or a sum of money tendered for a service performed or anticipated : GRATUITY
The word TIP is also considered by many to be an acronym:
T.I.P. - "To Insure Promptness" or "To Insure Prompt" service