The phrase "accept a gratuity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is being offered a tip or a small gift in appreciation for services rendered.
Example: "As a waiter, I am allowed to accept a gratuity from satisfied customers."
Alternatives: "receive a tip" or "take a tip."
Mr. Mavroules pleaded guilty in 1993 to charges that included failing to report the use of free cars as income and accepting a gratuity in the form of a low-rent beach house.
For example, knowing that the client forbids its employees from accepting a gratuity of any kind from a vendor, even a gift at holiday times, will make it easier to show your appreciation in ways that are considered acceptable.
Out in Las Vegas, Fernando Cruz is set for sentencing next month after pleading guilty to accepting a $500 "gratuity" from a couple he was auditing as an IRS tax compliance officer.
The indictment charges the former employee, Bonnie Murphy, 59, of Indialantic, Fla., with accepting an "illegal gratuity" — a bribe — and illegally padding her federal salary.
Oliver North, member of the National Security Council convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents, but the ruling was overturned since he had been granted immunity.
But when the company then wanted to present Cathleen P. Black with a heavily engraved silver tray as a further token of its esteem, the new chancellor trod carefully: inquiries were made to see if she could accept the gratuity in light of the city's ban on gifts worth $50 or more.
Zabawa claims that workers were told to sign papers accepting a new flat wage that didn't include gratuities.
UPS: "At UPS we train our drivers to politely decline tips, however, when a customer insists, we allow our folks to accept nominal gratuities.
Most of the orientation was about how to use the Uber system and "what not to do," according to one driver the biggest thing not to do was accept gratuity, since it would jeopardize the legality of the enterprise.
Most of the orientation was about how to use the Uber system and "what not to do," according to one driver — the biggest thing not to do was accept gratuity, since it would jeopardize the legality of the enterprise.
