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tipless

tipless

6.0
Not accepting extra money from customers for service
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɪpləs/
  • US
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  • The new café is completely tipless, so you do not need to leave extra money for the staff.

Examples

  • After switching to a tipless system, the restaurant raised its menu prices to pay staff higher wages.

  • Many customers appreciate the tipless policy because it makes the total cost clear.

  • This restaurant is tipless.

  • Many tipless cafes have emerged recently.

  • The new café is completely tipless, so you do not need to leave extra money for the staff.

  • Many customers appreciate the tipless policy because it makes the total cost clear.

  • After switching to a tipless system, the restaurant raised its menu prices to pay staff higher wages.

Surface Forms

tipless positive

Morphology

tipless = tip (transparent) = tip + less

Built from 'tip' (gratuity) + '-less' meaning 'without', so 'not allowing or intended to receive tips' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Tipless comes from tip and the ending -less, where tip means 'a small extra payment' and -less means 'without', like in careless or homeless. So a tipless café or service is one that does not take tips and makes the total cost clear.