gratuity
/ɡrəˈtjuːəti/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡrəˈtuːəti/ (ame, ipa) · /grə-ˈtü-ə-tē -ˈtyü-/ (ame, mw)
gratuity — 名詞
- gratuitysingular
- gratuitiesplural
1. extra money that a customer hands to a waiter, driver, or similar worker as a th
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.
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
Rafael handed the taxi driver a small gratuity after the long ride from Heathrow.
Rafael 從希斯洛機場下車後，給計程車司機一點小費。
Some restaurants in Taipei now add an optional gratuity for parties of six or more.
台北有些餐廳現在會對六人以上的桌位加收一筆自由給付的小費。
Noa rounds up the fare and gives the driver coins as a gratuity.
Noa 把車資湊成整數，再給司機硬幣當作小費。
- 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
2. a one-off payment, often quite large, that a company or the government pays a wo
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.
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
The new contract guarantees a gratuity of one month's salary for every year worked.
新合約保證每工作一年，可領取相當於一個月薪水的離職金。
Beatrix used her gratuity to pay off the mortgage on the family farm.
Beatrix 用她的離職金付清了家族農場的房貸。
- severance pay
American English equivalent for job-ending payment
- golden handshake
informal; usually a very large payment to a senior executive
- end-of-service benefit
term used in HR contracts, especially in the Gulf region
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'.