to tip your waiter
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- Tip your waiter.
Examples
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Be nice and tip your waiter, and everything will be great.
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Wings locations, 40 Denny's locations, and several Dairy Queen locations have a message for customers attending his restaurants in the future: it's okay to tip your waiter less.
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Don't forget to tip your waiter; this guy will be here at the Lake Tahoe Laugh Factory all week!
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Tip your waiters.
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You tip your waiters, cabdrivers, bellboys, and bartenders.
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You tip your waiters, cabdrivers, bellboys, and bartenders...
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After enjoying a delicious meal, remember to tip your waiter for their excellent service.
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It's customary to tip your waiter at least 15% of the total bill in most restaurants.
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If you're pleased with your dining experience, don't forget to tip your waiter before leaving.
Synonyms
To give someone a little extra money for helping you
Antonyms
How Generous
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to give a gratuity to the person who serves you in a restaurant' is directly and compositionally derived from 'tip' (to give a small extra payment) plus 'your waiter' (the person serving you), so a B1 learner who knows the words will understand the phrase. Cultural variation in tipping practices does not affect its lexical transparency—the verb + object structure is standard and predictable.
Etymology
Tip your waiter comes from the simple image of giving a small extra coin to the waiter as a tip. People did this to say thank you and to get better service, so today it means 'to give a small extra amount of money' to the person who serves you.