Some establishments forbid their employees to accept tips. Others pool tips and divide them to include employees who don't have customer contact.
What occupations are subject to tips varies by locale and culture. In the United States, these people are likely to expect to be tipped:
In other countries (e.g. Sweden), a tip of the lowest denominations might be given as a sign of approval to a waiter of who was given exceptionally good service, but never else.
A folk etymology for tip states it is an acronym that stands for "to insure promptness". However, the Oxford English Dictionary states that is is derived from the English thieves' slang word tip, meaning "to pass from one to another". The notion of a stock tip or racing tip is from the same slang.
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