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Tip — A tip (also called a gratuity) is a payment made to certain service sector workers in addition to the advertised price of the transaction. The amount of a tip is typically calculated as a percentage of the transaction value before applicable… … Wikipedia
Tip O'Neill — Infobox Officeholder name =Tip O Neill imagesize =176px small caption = order =55th office =Speaker of the United States House of Representatives term start =January 4, 1977 term end =January 3, 1987 president =Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald… … Wikipedia
Tip Top (icecream) — Infobox Company name=Fonterra Brands (Tip Top) Ltd logo= type=Subsidiary foundation=1936 location=Auckland, New Zealand num employees= 380 industry =Frozen Confectionary Manufacturing products=Ice Cream, Ice Blocks homepage =… … Wikipedia
tip — /tɪp/ noun 1. money given to someone who has helped you ● I gave the taxi driver a 10 cent tip. ● The staff are not allowed to accept tips. 2. a piece of advice on buying or doing something which could be profitable ● The newspaper gave several… … Marketing dictionary in english
tip — /tɪp/ noun 1. money given to someone who has helped you ● The staff are not allowed to accept tips. 2. a piece of advice on buying or doing something which could be profitable ● The newspaper gave several stock market tips. ● She gave me a tip… … Dictionary of banking and finance
Waiting staff — Waiting staff, wait staff, or waitstaff [ [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/waitstaff Waitstaff. ] The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition . Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004, via dictionary.com website.… … Wikipedia
Chinese Staff and Workers' Association — The Chinese Staff and Worker s Association (CSWA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan workers rights organization based in New York City which educates and organizes workers in the United States so that they may improve their working conditions. It… … Wikipedia
Gun (staff) — The Chinese word Gun (zh cp|c=棍|p=gùn) refers to a long Chinese staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts. It is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the Qiang (spear) , Dao (sabre) , and the Jian (sword), called in this group The… … Wikipedia
Jack staff — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tipstaff — tip•staff [[t]ˈtɪpˌstæf, ˌstɑf[/t]] n. pl. staves [[t] ˌsteɪvz[/t]] staffs 1) an attendant or crier in a court of law 2) a staff tipped with metal, formerly carried as a badge of office, as by a constable 3) any official who carried such a staff… … From formal English to slang
