a pool into which waiters, waitresses, hotel workers, etc, pay their tips and into which some managements pay service charges for later distribution to staff by a tronc master, according to agreed percentages
Word origin
C20: from French: collecting box
Examples of 'tronc' in a sentence
tronc
Sensible establishments in this country have a tronc or box for gratuities.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There was a tronc for what was left over and the management took a very reasonable 2% handling charge.