pourboire

[ poor-bwar; English poor-bwahr ]

noun

, French.

, plural pour·boires [poo, r, -, bwar, p, oo, r-, bwahrz].

1. a gratuity; tip.

pourboire

/ purbwar /

noun

1. a tip; gratuity

Word History and Origins

Origin of pourboire¹

Literally, “for drinking”

Word History and Origins

Origin of pourboire¹

literally: for drinking

Example Sentences

For instance, the French term for a gratuity, he noted, is “pourboire,” or roughly translated, “for drink.”

From New York Times

At length we reached a lonely farmhouse, at which, he implied, we were to alight; and we paid him his little bill, with the addition of a small pourboire.

From Project Gutenberg

"Do you want to give me a lift with the biggest pieces?" asked the messenger; "my orders are to give you a good pourboire."

From Project Gutenberg

It’s not the custom at Geneva to give a pourboire for so short a drive. 

From Project Gutenberg

But he, glaring at me with his dim eyes, remarked, sneering, "So you want a pourboire because you have supported your sick mother and not poisoned your brother?"

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• fee
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