GRATUITY in a Sentence

Learn GRATUITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for GRATUITY, such as:

1. A coachman who wants a gratuity is capable of anything, even of imagination.
2. Everything shall be done to meet your convenience, and I forbid you to present any of our officials with a gratuity.

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 Meanings and Examples of GRATUITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gratuity
 n.  something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present
Classic Sentence:
1  Everything shall be done to meet your convenience, and I forbid you to present any of our officials with a gratuity.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
2  A third, in the absence of opponents, between two councils would simply solicit a special gratuity for his faithful services, well knowing that at that moment people would be too busy to refuse him.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IX
3  A coachman who wants a gratuity is capable of anything, even of imagination.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND
Example Sentence:
1  To express their gratitude, patients provided a more-or-less voluntary gratuity.