Bakshish

Definition: Bakshish

Bakshish

Noun

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

Specialty Definitions: Bakshish

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Bakshish A Persian word for a gratuity. These gifts are insolently demanded by all sorts of officials in Turkey, Egypt, and Asia Minor, more as a claim than a gratuity. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Bakshish

Synonyms: backsheesh (n), baksheesh (n), bakshis (n), gratuity (n), pourboire (n), tip (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bakshish

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Giving	Alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish; fee; (recompense); consideration.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bakshish

Non-English Usage: "Bakshish" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (baksheesh, bakshish, gratuity, perquisite, pourboire, tip).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bakshish

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bakshish	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bakshish

Language		Translations for "bakshish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		bakshish (baksheesh, gratuity, perquisite, pourboire, tip). (various references)

Bulgarian		бакшиш (baksheesh, douceur, fee, gratification, gratuity, perks, perquisite, refresher, tip). (various references)

German		bakschisch. (various references)

Hungarian		baksis (baksheesh). (various references)

Pig Latin		akshishbay.(various references)

Portuguese		gratificação (allocation, allowance, baksheesh, beer money, bonus, douche, gratification, gratuity, perquisite, reward), gorjeta (baksheesh, beer money, douceur, gratuity, gravamen, tip). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Bakshish

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bakshish": bakshished, bakshishes, bakshishing. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Bakshish

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-h-h-i-k-s-s"
	-1 letter: shibahs.
	-2 letters: sahibs, shibah, shiksa.
	-3 letters: basis, basks, bassi, bisks, haiks, isbas, sahib, sakis, shahs.
	-4 letters: asks, bash, bask, bass, bias, bisk, hahs, haik, hash, hiss, isba, kabs, khis, kiss, sabs, saki, sash, shah, sibs, skas, skis.
	-5 letters: abs, ais, ash, ask, ass, bah, bas, bis, hah, has, his, kab, kas, khi, sab, sha, shh, sib, sis, ska, ski.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-h-h-i-k-s-s"
	+2 letters: bakshished, bakshishes.
	+3 letters: bakshishing.
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