different between gratuity vs mancia

English

Etymology

From Old French gratuite (French gratuité), from Medieval Latin gratuitas (“a free gift”), from Latin gratuitus (“freely given, free”); see gratuitous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????tju??t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????tu??t?/

Noun

gratuity (plural gratuities)

1. An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.
2. Euphemistic form of fee, in contexts where such additional payments have been made obligatory.
3. Euphemistic form of bribe.

Synonyms

• (additional payment offered in thanks): douceur, grace, pourboire, tip; baksheesh (Turkish and Middle Eastern contexts); cumshaw (SE Chinese contexts; archaic); see also gift
• (obligatory fee): service charge; douceur, tip (euphemistic)
• (bribe): Thesaurus:bribe
• (additional gift from a vendor): lagniappe

Related terms

• gratis
• gratuitous
• gratuitously

Translations

Further reading

• gratuity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• gratuity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mancia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mænt???/

Noun

mancia

1. tip, gratuity

Anagrams

• -maniac, caiman, maniac

Italian

Etymology

Probably from Old French manche (“sleeve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.t??a/

Noun

mancia f (plural mance)

1. tip (in a restaurant, etc.)

Descendants

• ? English: mancia

References

Anagrams

• macina
• mancai
• manica, Manica

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [man?t??ia]

Noun

mancia

1. person

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 24