The word "gratuity" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in reference to an act of kindness or a payment made in appreciation for services rendered. For example, "I gave a gratuity to the bellhop who carried my luggage up to my room."
The argument was that government employees had only gratuity and pension as terminal benefits with no contribution from the employer to the PF.
The cry of stingy tippers that service people should "just be paid a decent wage" may actually make economic sense.* "Gratitude and gratuity: a meta-analysis of research on the service-tipping relationship", by Michael Lynn and Michael McCall, Journal of Socio-Economics, 29, 203-214, July 2000.
The relationship stems not only from the fact that gifts and bequests share the quality of gratuity but also from the practical consideration that gifts are often resorted to as a means of avoiding estate taxes.
"Sometimes the gratuity will be decided by the audience," he answers thoughtfully.
The poll, conducted by online restaurant booking service OpenTable, revealed that the 87 per cent of Britons always left a gratuity with average amount given being £4.18.
But an investigation by the the New York State's prosecutor's office found the restaurant was misrepresenting the charge as a gratuity intended for staff, and violated state labour law.
Zizzi and Ask Italian, both owned by the private equity giant Bridgepoint, for instance, said its 8 per cent fee was used to "cover costs that include: credit card transaction charges, restaurant manager time to input gratuity information into our IT system [and] IT support for tronc".
Although it's no longer legal for restaurant owners to use gratuity to bump their employees' wages up to minimum wage, enforced tips are clearly still being relied upon when it comes to staff pay packets.
In contrast, Yorkshire was revealed as the most miserly region, with only one in five Yorkshire diners (20 per cent) likely to pay a gratuity.
"Instead, many businesses have chosen to continue business as usual and profit from the gratuity charges".
There is almost no visual description in his work, very little metaphor or figuration, no fine phrasing or lush gratuity.
