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Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present. Swift.

In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".

Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.

etimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.

stmas box. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. -- Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. -- Christmas day. Same as Christmas. -- Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas.…

Alms; charitable gratuity or portion. So sure the dole, so ready at their call, They stood prepared to see the manna fall. Dryden. Heaven has in store a precious dole. Keble.

A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. "The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives." Dryden.

t is out. Drink money, or Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity. -- Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service. -- In drink, drunk. "The poor monster's in drink." Shak. -- Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large p…

contest in wich the fighters wear boxing gloves. -- Glove money or silver. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a country to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to…

A reward; a recompense; a gratuity. Bp. Morton.

In Louisiana, a trifling present given to customers by tradesmen; a gratuity.

A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.

A gratuity given by tradesmen to customers settling their accounts. [Southern U. S.]

A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain. Homans.

A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn. [Obs.]

Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural. [Written also vale.] Dryden.