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Backsheesh

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back=sheesh

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Backsheesh has 1 sense

backsheesh(n = noun.possession) baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip - a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter); Array

is a kind of fringe benefit, perk, perquisite

has particulars: christmas box

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Backsheesh, n. [Pers. bakhshīsh, fr. bakhshīdan to give.].

In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter); a gratuity; a “tip”. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Backsheesh, var. of BAKSHEESH.

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