tip
noun [ C ]
uk/tɪp/ usa useful piece of information or advice:
Our 50 tips show you how to navigate your computer system from startup to shutdown.
a tip for (doing) sth Here are our top tips for achieving success as a freelancer.
a tip on/about sth The book offers some useful tips on investing in real estate.
The Business Link site gives tips on setting up your own business.
find/get tips You can find tips on our website for ways to protect your home.
safety/travel/tax tips
FINANCE
advice to buy or sell particular shares:
share/stock tips Investors should take stock tips with a pinch of salt.
COMMERCE
an amount of money given by a customer to someone who has provided a service, especially in a hotel or restaurant:
give/leave a tip Different countries have different customs when it comes to leaving tips.
Compare
gratuity
tip
verb
uk/tɪp/ us-pp- [ T, usually passive ]
to say that someone or something is likely to do something or to be successful:
be tipped to do sth The UK's leading energy company is tipped to become a partner in the Siberian gasfield.
tip sb/sth to do sth Analysts are tipping her to be the next chairperson of the committee.
be tipped as sth The transport company is being tipped as a possible takeover target.
be tipped for sth He is being tipped for a possible job in the US treasury.
[ T ] FINANCE
to advise someone to buy shares:
They were accused of gross misconduct for tipping shares that they owned.
The shares were looking cheap and had been strongly tipped.
[ I or T ] COMMERCE
to give a small amount of money to someone who has provided a service, especially in a hotel or restaurant:
He is mean with money and never tips.
Is it customary to tip taxi drivers in your country?
tip sb £1/$5/10% etc. He carried her bag and she tipped him $2.
Phrasal verb
tip sb off