Meanings
nounbakshish (usually uncountable, plural bakshishes)
plural bakshishes
- alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of baksheesh.
verbbakshish (third-person singular simple present bakshishes, present participle bakshishing, simple past and past participle bakshished)
present singular third person bakshishes · participle present bakshishing · participle past bakshished · past bakshished
- alternativeAlternative spelling of baksheesh.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
bakshish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakshish
MLA
“bakshish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakshish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bakshish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakshish.
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