# Service charge (tip)

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## Definition

Part of the personnel costs in a catering establishment if waiters and waitresses are remunerated - by means of a variable bonus, usually dependent on the time worked or on sales, or - as part of the fixed wage, i.e. not also paid as a percentage by the guest. - A widespread form of payment, especially in the hotel and catering industry and among hairdressers, of - a certain, proportional or - voluntarily paid and then customary amount on the part of the guest for the services charged. - See douceur, play money, tip. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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