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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɡɹəˈtjuːətɪ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ɡɹəˈtuːətɪ/

名詞

gratuity (plural gratuities)

1. An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.

   Synonyms: douceur, perquisite, grace, pourboire, tip, (Turkish and Middle Eastern contexts) baksheesh, (SE Chinese contexts; archaic) cumshaw; see also Thesaurus:gift

   service gratuity

   cash gratuity

   leave with a gratuity

   The waiter received a generous gratuity.

   The company gave each employee a retirement gratuity.

2. Euphemistic form of fee, in contexts where such additional payments have been made obligatory.

   Synonyms: service charge, douceur, (euphemistic) tip

   • 2026 June 20, Trista Panagakos, Jeanne Erickson, “World Cup tourists aren't leaving tips — and NYC restaurants are fighting back”, in NY Post‎:

     Restaurants in places such as Kansas City, Atlanta and Philadelphia have begun adding automatic 20% gratuities to checks, during the tournament, according to industry groups and restaurant operators.

3. Euphemistic form of bribe.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bribe

派生語

関連する語

• gratis
• gratuitous
• gratuitously

Further reading

• “gratuity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “gratuity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.