bak‧sheesh /ˌbækˈʃiːʃ/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: Persian;
Origin: bakhshish, from bakhshidan 'to give']
money that people in the Middle East give to poor people, to someone who has helped them, or as a
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