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tip out

tip out verb: to extract (something) by tipping over the container that contains it.

Verb (1)

tip out (third-person singular simple present tips out, present participle tipping out, simple past and past participle tipped out)

  1. (transitive) To extract (something) by tipping over the container that contains it.
    • After baking and cooling, tip the cake out of its pan.
    • Tip it out of the jar.

Noun

tip out (plural tip outs)

  1. An amount or percentage of a server's tips that the server shares, either voluntarily or as mandated in a tip sharing or tip pooling agreement, with other employees such as bussers, bartenders, and host/hostesses whose job duties indirectly assist the server.

Verb (2)

tip out (third-person singular simple present tips out, present participle tipping out, simple past and past participle tipped out)

  1. To provide a percentage of tips to certain co-workers who support the work done by the waiter.
    • It was my first day on the job, so when I tipped out the bus boy but didn't tip out the bartender, my shift supervisor let me know that bartenders should be tipped out too, and to make sure that my tip outs were at least 5% of my day's total tips.
    • "You cannot deduct tip-outs (the tips you split with other employees) on your tax return. Nor can you deduct them from your allocated tips. The practice of tipping-out is one of the reasons you should keep a detailed daily log of your tips. If you documented that you tip-out, and you reported all...

Forms of tip out

Verb
third-person singular presenttips out
present participletipping out
past participletipped out
pasttipped out
Noun
pluraltip outs

Origin of tip out

From tip (“tilt”).

From tip (“give a gratuity”).

Questions about tip out

What does tip out mean?
Tip out means to extract (something) by tipping over the container that contains it.
What part of speech is tip out?
Tip out can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of tip out?
The past tense of tip out is tipped out.

Words near tip out in the dictionary

  1. tip of the spear
  2. tip of the Stetson
  3. tip off
  4. tip one's hand
  5. tip one's hat
  6. tip out
  7. tip outs
  8. tip over
  9. tip overs
  10. tip sheet
  11. tip sheets

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