How to Use gratuity in a Sentence

gratuity

noun

• A 15 percent gratuity is automatically added to the restaurant bill.
• Price: $70 per adult and $35 per child, plus tax and gratuity.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2024
• Price is $60 and includes a glass of wine, tax and gratuity.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 8 Feb. 2022
• The luncheon costs $16 and includes the meal, tax and gratuity.
  — Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2023
• Any tattoo featured on the flash sheet will be $80 plus a gratuity to the artist.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2022
• In 2005, the New York Times spoke with the families of some of those who’d died in that last conflict about the gratuity.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
• The luncheon costs $21, which includes the meal, tax and gratuity.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 July 2023
• The price of dinner is $75 per person plus tax and gratuity.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2022
• In place of gratuities, there’s a 20% service charge added to every check.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2019
• The housekeeper will find someone who needs them (this is not in lieu of a gratuity).
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2019
• The plan includes all meals plus snacks at the pool, as well as cocktails, beers, wines, service charges, and gratuities.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2023
• The party stayed for a few hours, and Foxx left a generous gratuity.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• The luncheon is $21, which includes meal, drink, dessert, tax and gratuity.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
• The cost to attend is $140 per guest, exclusive of tax and gratuity.
  — Daily Pilot Staff, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
• The price is $198 per person, which includes tax and gratuity.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2021
• All are good for Feb. 14 only, and prices don’t include tax and gratuity.
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
• The Kitchen now does one seating per night of a five-course, $135-per-person dinner (plus gratuity and drinks).
  — Benjy Egel, sacbee, 3 June 2019
• Note that this does not include drinks, tax or gratuity.
  — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2022
• When the bill comes, servers point out that gratuity is included.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
• Price is $32 per person for adults, $25 per person for kids (plus tax and gratuity).
  — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2020
• The luncheon costs $21, which includes meal, tax and gratuity.
  — The Pine Bluff Commercial, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2023
• Earlier this year, Princess raised gratuities on its ships as well as raised the price of its Wi-Fi packages.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2023
• Tickets for the SheWolf Takeover are $75 and include tax and gratuity.
  — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2021
• Under the old policy, the larger the gratuity, the less DoorDash chipped in to cover the base amount.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2020
• With taxes and gratuity — also paid in advance — the cost of dinner is pushed just past $200.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2019
• The fares include a wide range of dining venues on board, Wi-Fi, gratuities, fitness classes and more.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
• Cost is $45 per person and include wine, tax and gratuity.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2022
• Crew gratuities are also between 10% to 20% of the charter fee.
  — Marylou Costa, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
• The nonprofits receive a percentage of sales and gratuities earned from their volunteers' fundraising efforts at the ballpark.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
• Massachusetts voters will decide whether tipped workers should get the standard minimum wage or continue to rely on gratuity.
  — Steph Solis, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024