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Also known as gratuity, tipping money, tip

thumb|300px|Leaving some change on the restaurant table is one way of giving a gratuity to the restaurant staff.

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  • Etymology and history
  • Reasons for tipping
  • Tronc
  • Mandatory tipping
  • By region
  • Criticisms
  • Inconsistency of percentage-based gratuities
  • Travellers following home rather than local customs
  • Discomfort
  • Discrimination
  • Tipflation
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|300px|Leaving some change on the restaurant table is one way of giving a gratuity to the restaurant staff.

A gratuity (often called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a customer to certain service sector workers such as hospitality for the service they have performed, in addition to the basic price of the service.

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