gratuity

IPA/ɡrəˈtjuːəti/
KK[ɡrətˈuɪti]IPA/ɡrəˈtuːəti/

gratuity — 名詞

  • gratuitysingular
  • gratuitiesplural

1. extra money that a customer hands to a waiter, driver, or similar worker as a th

1.名詞C1
釋義

小費

顧客額外給服務人員的酬謝

extra money that a customer hands to a waiter, driver, or similar worker as a thank-you for good service, on top of the price already charged.

例句

Élise left a generous gratuity for the waiter who carried her bags upstairs.

Élise 給那位幫她把行李提上樓的服務生留了一筆豐厚的小費。

collocation: leave a gratuity

The hotel bill already includes a fifteen percent gratuity for room-cleaning staff.

飯店帳單已經內含一筆百分之十五的小費，付給房務人員。

passive-like pattern: bill includes a gratuity

常見搭配
  • leave a gratuity
  • include a gratuity
  • add a gratuity
  • optional gratuity
  • fifteen/twenty percent gratuity
同義詞
  • tip

    everyday spoken word for the same payment

  • service charge

    added by the business, not freely chosen by the customer

  • baksheesh

    regional term used in parts of the Middle East and South Asia

文法句型

leave/add a gratuity

include a gratuity

用法筆記

Much more formal than 'tip'; common on printed bills, menus, and service receipts rather than spoken requests.

常見錯誤

I gave the cashier a gratuity for ringing up my coffee.
I gave the waiter a gratuity for the table service.
gratuity applies to waiters, drivers, and porters, not to ordinary cashier transactions.

2. a one-off payment, often quite large, that a company or the government pays a wo

2.名詞C2
釋義

離職金

雇主在員工離職或退休時一次給付的酬勞

a one-off payment, often quite large, that a company or the government pays a worker after years of service when the worker retires or is let go.

例句

Lakan received a six-figure gratuity after thirty years at the shipping company.

Lakan 在那家航運公司工作三十年後，領到了一筆六位數的離職金。

collocation: receive a gratuity (severance sense)

Civil servants in Singapore are paid a lump-sum gratuity when they reach retirement age.

新加坡的公務員到了退休年齡，會領到一筆一次給付的退休金。

collocation: lump-sum gratuity

常見搭配
  • lump-sum gratuity
  • retirement gratuity
  • pay a gratuity
  • receive a gratuity
  • end-of-service gratuity
同義詞

文法句型

receive/pay a gratuity

lump-sum gratuity

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this payment comes from the employer at the end of service, not from a customer at a single transaction. Common in British and Commonwealth labour law; American English usually says 'severance pay'.

常見錯誤

I gave the porter a small gratuity when he retired.
I gave the porter a small gratuity for carrying my suitcase.
the retirement payment is paid by the employer, not by a passing customer.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • gratuity payment
  • gratuity policy

常用片語

  • in lieu of a gratuity
  • exclusive of gratuity
  • gratuity not included

介系詞搭配

  • gratuity for [a service / person]
  • gratuity of [amount]