BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Tip
- a piece of useful expert information. Used in the sense of a "stock tip," it is a stock recommendation published in the financial press, usually based on research published by a financial institution.
Wiktionary Definition for: Tip
- obsolete In the sense of gratuity, originally a small amount of beverage (i.e. tipple) left in a glass for the bartender.
- A small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
- A small amount of information (see hint, clue).
- The point of something; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- UK An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple).
- To inform police or investigators of a potential clue.
- To inform a trader of inside information regarding a company's performance.
- To cause something to lean to a side, as tipping a sailboat over.
- UK To throw out, as in rubbish or trash.
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Additional Resources
- Starbucks' Tip Dilemma: Update
- Starbucks' Tip Dilemma: UpdateIt's Not That Clear CutI read all the responses about the tip jar settlement but it was never clear whether a lawyer was consulted by a disgruntled employee or a lawyer went looking for the case.That notwithstanding, the whole subject of tips and how they are distributed...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Starbucks' Tip Dilemma
- Starbucks' Tip DilemmaBe RighteousIf they really do pay everyone working there a salary then do away with tips entirely.When did the tipping rules change?I might come across as an old "fuddy-duddy" (or "old fart" to you younger folk), but when did we start tipping people who work a counter and...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-27
- What's Your Favorite Travel Tip?
- What's Your Favorite Travel Tip?No-Tech Travel TipI drag with me all the most recent issues of business magazines: BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, Selling Power, Sales and Marketing Management, etc. I read the articles of interest in each one first. Then I pick an article about a subject that I...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- How To Tip When You Travel
- How To Tip When You TravelUK tips are differentI do travel quite a bit in the Americas and Europe and I have lived in England for many years.15% for Taxi and 10% for restaurannts as indicated in your table would only be appropriate for high end transportation and dining. But...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-06
- New nylon tip versions for 7 models: Vic Firth.(PRODUCT NEWS)
- VIC FIRTH, INC., has introduced nylon tip versions of its seven top-selling wood tip drumsticks. For durability and the brightest cymbal sounds, nylon tips are the answer. These new American Classic, American Custom, and Signature nylon tip sticks are a perfect reflection of their...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- What's Your Favorite Travel Tip?
- In the recent post "Best Sales Tool: Smartphone or Notebook," I explained that I always carry an ultra-portable notebook when I travel. However, I didn't explain why I'm a fan of ultra-portables. The reason is of a travel tip that's really made long flights...
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- IRS tip audit method.
- A controversial IRS tip audit method is shot down by a court. If tip underreporting is found, the Service sometimes bills the restaurant for its share of payroll tax on shortfall rather than going after servers. The tax liability is based on extrapol A controversial IRS...
- Research articles 2001-03-16
- Courts divided over IRS tip audit method.
- Courts are divided over an unpopular IRS tip audit method. If IRS finds tip underreporting, it often skips auditing each server... bills the restaurant for its half of social security tax on the shortfall. Courts are divided over an unpopular IRS tip audit method. If...
- Research articles 1998-11-13
- IRS tip audit method upheld.
- An unpopular IRS tip audit method is upheld after a long battle. If tip underreporting is found, the Service sometimes bills the restaurant for its share of payroll tax on shortfall rather than going after servers. The tax liability is based on extra An unpopular IRS...
- Research articles 2002-06-21
- IRS expanding tip audit-protection program.
- IRS is expanding its tip audit-protection program. Last year, IRS and the restaurant industry agreed restaurants and tipped employees could generally avoid audits if they used a new IRS tip reporting program. It requires employers to regularly educa IRS is expanding its tip audit-protection program....
- Research articles 1996-10-18
- Outlook Tip: Turn an E-mail Into an Appointment
- Outlook Tip: Turn an E-mail Into an AppointmentCreate TasksSame idea to create a new task from an email.RE: Outlook Tip: Turn an E-mail Into an Appointmentfantastic ! Thanks.RE: Outlook Tip: Turn an E-mail Into an Appointmentcool.. it works on outlook 2007 as well..
- Discussion threads 2008-02-18
- Microsoft Word Tip: How to Password-Protect a Document
- Microsoft Word Tip: How to Password-Protect a DocumentEasy as pie!Great tip...keep these helps coming.RE: Microsoft Word Tip: How to Password-Protect a Documentnow why didnt i think of thatwww.itvventures.com/gprovision
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- Time Management Tip: Time Blocking Is A Key Time Management Tip
- This paper explains time management tip that will help you to understand how to change how you use your time planning system and ultimately how you spend your time. A good first step in using this time management tip is to set aside some time to work through this with...
- White papers 2007-10-21
- House bill filed to bar IRS' employer-only tip audits - News Digests - Proposed Tip Tax Fairness Act - Government Activity - Brief Article
- WASHINGTON -- Rep. Wally Herger, R-Calif., and Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., introduced a bill in the House called the Tip Tax Fairness Act, which would prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from conducting "employer-only" audits and assessments of servers' tip incomes.
- Research articles 2002-09-23
- Microsoft Word Tip: Learn to Use Mail Merge
- Microsoft Word Tip: Learn to Use Mail MergeRE: Microsoft Word Tip: Learn to Use Mail MergeDo you mean you can't see the video in your browser? If so, what browser are you using? Seems to show up fine in IE and Firefox...RE: Microsoft Word Tip: Learn to Use Mail MergeI...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- BNET1 Hat Tip: BlackBerry, How Much Do I Love Thee?
- BNET1 Hat Tip: BlackBerry, How Much Do I Love Thee?RE: BNET1 Hat Tip: BlackBerry, How Much Do I Love Thee?They're called "crack-berry" for a reason. I know more than one spouse of a user who really hates the thing.RE: BNET1 Hat Tip: BlackBerry, How Much Do I Love Thee?I dnt...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century.(Review) (book review)
- Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century, by John A. Farrell. Little, Brown and Company, 776 pages, $29.95 Jimmy Breslin called Tip O'Neill "a lovely spring rain of a man" and John A. Farrell proves Breslin right in Tip O'Neill...
- Research articles 2001-04-23
- Expansion of tip-examination relief program.
- IRS is also expanding a special tip-examination relief program. Employers in many industries can be exempted from employer-only audits if they educate employees on reporting tips and monitor their tip income. Available for food & beverage establishments, casinos and barber shops. More industries...
- Research articles 2000-05-12
- Another shopping mag: 'Tip' tossed into the ring by 'Newsweek'.(News)
- Byline: JON FINE The next major entrant into the shopping-and-service category comes from ... Newsweek. You read that right: The venerable newsweekly, owned by the Washington Post Co., will send 400,0000 copies of Tip to newsstands Nov. 15. Tip is an...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- 3 Low-fat, frozen sirloin tip burgers.(Quaker Maid Meats Inc. introduced beef patties)(Brief article)
- Quaker Maid Meats announces its release of Philly-Gourmet Sirloin Tip Beef Patties, featuring all the convenience of frozen beef burgers with less fat content. Quaker Maid Meats has met consumer demand for less fat in frozen beef patties by using premium sirloin tip meat to trim...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
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