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tip

[tip] / tɪp /


NOUN
warning; useful hint or idea
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When you pay with a credit card, here’s what happens: When your card is first run, the restaurant sends an authorization request for the base amount of the bill, excluding the tip.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

As days passed, traders who bet on the deal worried the tip might be bad because Amazon didn’t announce a purchase of the maker of robot vacuums.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The tomatoes have an elongated plum shape and a pointed tip.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

A World Anti-Doping Agency investigation found that Georgia's national testing authority would tip off Georgia's team doctor Nutsa Shamatava about forthcoming tests, and she would then share the information via a team group chat.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

As slowly as he could, he pressed down on the plunger, aiming the syringe tip at the baby skunk’s mouth.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold




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