baksheesh

American  

[bak-sheesh, bak-sheesh] / ˈbæk ʃiʃ, bækˈʃiʃ /

Or bakshish,

noun

1. 

   a tip, present, or gratuity.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to give a tip.

baksheesh British  

/ ˈbækʃiːʃ /

noun

1. money given as a tip, a present, or alms

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verb

1. to give such money to (a person)

Etymology

Origin of baksheesh

First recorded in 1615–25, baksheesh is from the Persian word bakhshish gift

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Example Sentences

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baksheesh

He was, says David Damrosch, appalled by the hygiene, revolted by the sight of a kebab, too naive to pay the small baksheesh that could have eased every transaction.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2015

Financial leverage, or baksheesh, can work only up to a point with leaders struggling to control the bewilderingly diverse and ferocious energies unleashed by the Arab Spring.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2012

To put a stop to this, it has been necessary to offer special baksheesh in proportion to the size of the pieces.

From The New Yorker ● May 6, 1955

Border guards were in on the baksheesh system entrenched in the culture.

From Newsweek

I delighted the heart of the bimbashi by a baksheesh of half a napoleon, which so astonished him that he hardly knew how to express himself, after all his bitter words and unkind intentions.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II by William James Stillman

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