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单词 undertip
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undertipv.

Etymology: < under- prefix1 5(a) + tip v.4Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: underˈtip.
To give an inadequate or insufficient gratuity to (one who has been of service).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > pay (a person) for labour or service [verb (transitive)] > tip > overtip or undertip
overtip1895
undertip1975
1975 ‘A. Hall’ Mandarin Cypher iv. 64 I got out and paid and under-tipped..but..he went away happy..with a Hong Kong dollar.
1984 New Yorker 24 Dec. 37/1 My twenty-five-year-old daughter undertipped the airline porter.

Derivatives

underˈtipped adj.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > that may be tipped > undertipped
undertipped1979
1979 Guardian 4 Aug. 19/3 The undertipped taxi-driver who returned his passenger's gratuity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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