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tippee|tɪˈpiː| Also tipee. 1. [f. tip v.4 2 + -ee.] One who is ‘tipped’; the receiver of a ‘tip’ or gratuity.
1897Daily News 23 Sept. 5/1 The working of economic law frustrates the..intention of both tipper and tippee. 1907Lady Grove Soc. Fetich v, The system of ‘tips’ is..at times humiliating to both ‘tipper’ and ‘tippee’. 2. [f. tip v.5] One who receives inside information about a company or business enterprise and uses it to trade profitably in stocks and shares. orig. and chiefly U.S.
1961L. Loss Securities Regulation (ed. 2) III. ix. 1451 To hold ‘tippees’ liable under Rule 10b–5 when they had no reason to suspect that their informant was an insider might result in an unreasonable entrapment of innocent persons. 1967Federal Suppl. CCLVIII. 284/2 This is strong circumstantial evidence that Darke must have passed the word to one or more of his ‘tippees’ that drilling on the Kidd 55 segment was about to be resumed. 1973N.Y. Law Jrnl. 23 July 5/5 New rules for tippors [sic] and tippees. 1978Times 12 Oct. 29/1 What about so called ‘tipees’—people who come by price sensitive information often because of a breakdown in security by a professional adviser or within the company? 1980U.S. Reports CCCCXLV. 242 It [sc. the SEC] did not hesitate to extend Cady, Roberts to reach a ‘tippee’ of a Government insider. |