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Tip

:''For waste disposal areas, see Landfill.'' A tip (also known as a gratuity) is that amount of payment to certain service sector professionals which is in addition to the advertised bill or fee. These payments and their size are a matter of social custom. There are no standing rules or obligations concerning whether to tip (tip is both a noun and a verb), who to tip or how much. It varies from being considered rude to offer a tip (the other may find it degrading, as if (s)he is a beggar) to being considered very stingy not to give a tip. To give a very small tip might be considered even worse than giving nothing. Some establishments forbid their employees to accept tips. Others pool tips and divide them to include employees who don't have customer contact. In some jurisdictions, tipped workers qualify for a lower statutory minimum wage from the employer, who must make up any deficiency in tips. Bribery may be disguised as tipping (leading to social customs such as police officers never accepting tips to combat this pattern).

Tipping by region

In the United States and Canada, these people are likely to expect to be tipped:

waiters

bartenders

taxicab drivers

shoe shiners

hotel porters

valet parking attendants

hairdressers

movers

hotel maids

barbers

pizza deliverymen

curbside luggage handlers at airports

ski instructors (sometimes, especially when giving a private lesson) As a rule, the proprietor/owner of a business would not expect an additional tip. Gratuity is generally 15–20%. Many restaurants will automatically add an optional gratuity of around 18% to the bill for large parties (often defined as 6 or more people)—if this is done the amount should be clearly indicated on the check as a “gratuity”. In this case no additional tip need be added to the total. In some large cities, especially New York, the staff of apartment buildings, such as building

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Tip

I was once told that in some southeast Asian cultures, tipping is cconsidered rude because it is taken to imply that the waiter needs to be bribed to perform a decent service. Can someone confirm & add to the article? -- Tarquin 17:24 Dec 14, 2002 (UTC)

"Tip" is not an acronym.

I deleted this portion of the article: :TIP is an acronym for "To Insure Promptness." Its amount is usually set by the quality and speed of the service delivered. A typical TIP is between 15% to 30% of the total of the bill. "Tip" is not an acronym. See http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/tip.htm -- for future reference, note that the idea of any common verb being an acronym is usually suspicious (unless perhaps the term is a recent neologism). - furrykef (Talk at me) 12:41, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC) :I looked at the article again and it turned out that the correct etymology had been given further on down. Why was the article inconsistent? - furrykef (Talk at me) 12:46, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC) Could people please stop adding this legend to the article? As pointed out on Snopes and in the OED, it simply isn't true. Rhobite 06:27, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC) :Give me a break Gunter. You're saying that an anecdote on the Twinings web page is a better reference than the OED? Because Twinings is an older company? I'm willing to guess that Oxford has one or two more etymologists on its staff than Twinings. I could be wrong. Rhobite 03:17, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC) ::I've removed that paragraph. It would be to ensure promptness, not insure anyway, and so is a load of garbage. Proto 14:00, 25 May 2005 (UTC) :::I put back the version that says it's an urban legend. You and I know that it's not true, but many people do think that "tip" is an acronym, so we should at least mention it. Rhobite 18:34, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

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Q-Tip

:''This article is about Q-Tip the rapper. For the brand of cotton swab, see Q-tips'' Q-Tip (born Jonathan Davis on November 20 1970 in New York City), is an African American rapper and record producer, and formerly of the group A Tribe Called Quest. He converted to Islam in the mid-1990s, and changed his name to Kamaal Fareed. Besides performing with his popular and successful jazz-influenced hip hop group, Tip also did production work for artists such as Nas ("One Love", ''Illmatic'', 1994) and Janet Jackson ("Got 'Til It's Gone", ''The Velvet Rope'', 1997). He has also made guest appearances on songs by Janet and Missy Elliott. A Tribe Called Quest disbanded in 1998, after which Q-Tip pursued a solo career. His first solo releases, the pop-friendly "Vivrant Thing" and "Breathe and Stop", were far-left of anything he'd done in A Tribe Called Quest, as was his solo debut LP for Arista Records, ''Amplified''. His 2002 follow-up, ''Kamaal the Abstract'', never received official release. A Tribe Called Quest reunited in 2004 and toured together, Early the next year, Tip signed a new solo deal with Motown Records. He collaborated with R.E.M. in 2004 on "The Outsiders," a single from their album ''Around the Sun''. In January 2005, Q-Tip also collaborated with The Chemical Brothers, performing on the single "Galvanize" from their album ''Push the Button''.

Discography

Albums

1999: ''Amplified''

2002: ''Kamaal the Abstract'' (shelved)

Singles

1997: "Got 'til It's Gone" (Janet Jackson featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell) (UK #6)

1999: "Get Involved" (Raphael Saadiq and Q-Tip) (UK #36)

2000: "Breathe and Stop" (US #71, UK #12)

2000: "Vivrant Thing" (US #26, UK #39)

2005: "Galvanize" (The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip) (UK #3)

2005: "For The Nasty" (Q-Tip featuring Busta Rhymes) Category:1970 births Category:United States rappers Category:African American musicians Category:Record

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TIPS

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

Terrorism Information and Prevention System

TRIZ. Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TIPS). TRIZ is a Russian acronym for "Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskikh Zadatch".

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Q-Tips

''This article is about Q-tips, a brand of cotton swab. For the rapper, please see Q-Tip.'' Q-tips are the best-known brand of cotton swabs in Canada and the United States. Most commonly they are used for cleaning ears (though this is not advised, see earwax) or applying medicine or makeup. Q-tip brand cotton swabs are manufactured by Unilever.

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