backsheesh Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
    baksheesh; pourboire; bakshis; bakshish; gratuity; tip.

WordNet

Back"sheesh`, Back"shish` noun (Also<
  • Backsheesh
  • Backshish
)
Etymology
Pers. bakhshish, fr. bakhshidan to give.
Definitions
  1. In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".

Webster 1913