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tippees

tippees is the plural of tippee.

Meaning of tippee

Noun

tippee (plural tippees)

  1. The recipient of a gratuity; somebody tipped off.
    • An 1890 article in The New York Times debated the ethics of tipping porters : “Tipping is objected to by austere and frugal American moralists upon the ground that it undermines the manhood and self-respect of the tippee.2009 April 4, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Last Pullman Porters Are Sought for a Tribute”, in New York Times
  2. (US) A recipient of inside information.
    • If tippees trade on the information, knowing it was given improperly, they, too, can be found guilty of insider trading, says attorney Jared Kopel2002 October 17, “Tips on insider trading How an investor can avoid the problems”, in San Francisco Chronicle

Questions about tippees

What is tippees the plural of?
Tippees is the plural of tippee.

Words near tippees in the dictionary

  1. tipped the scales
  2. tipped the wink
  3. tipped up
  4. tipped-up
  5. tippee
  6. tippees
  7. Tippell
  8. tipper
  9. Tipper and See-Saw Time
  10. tipper lorries
  11. tipper lorry

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