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n. - A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter).

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  • Taisir when he met us, on the minute asked for bakhshish, saying he had been ill when we parted and had had none though we had sent it to him.
  • He was as good as his word and when they were to part he cried, “And now for thy bakhshish!” which consisted of a volley of fifty, greatly to the delight of the boys.
  • In addition, Mr. Karzai's recent Iranian attaboy-gratitude or bakhshish for his stance against Obama administration's pressure to fight corruption in his government will...
  • A doctor visits a patient gratis — the patient or his servant will ask for a bakhshish (largesse); you employ, pay, clothe, and feed a child — the father will demand his...
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