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noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
noun an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation
originFrom Middle French gratuité (from Old French gratuite) or directly from Medieval Latin gratuitas (“a free gift”), from Latin gratuitus (“freely given, free”); see gratuitous.
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