tronc

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noun

A monetary pool, in which tips are collected and later shared out between all staff, e.g. in a restaurant.

OriginFrench tronc des pauvres ← ['fr tronc des pauvres →
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Meanings

nountronc (plural troncs)

plural troncs

  1. UKA monetary pool, in which tips are collected and later shared out between all staff, e.g. in a restaurant.

Origin

  1. ['frtronc des pauvres
  2. Frenchtronc des pauvres
  3. Englishtronc

Borrowed from French tronc des pauvres (“poor box”).

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APA

tronc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tronc

MLA

“tronc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tronc. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tronc,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tronc.

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