tip
noun
- pointed end of something
noun
- personal advice
- pointed end of an object
noun
- sum of money customarily tendered to service sector workers
- the act of tipping
- inform, give advice, the giving of advice or information
- cause to not be level
verb
- to cause to fall over
- to be or be set in a tilted or sloped position
- inform, give advice, the giving of advice or information
- cause to not be level
- top with
- leave a gratuity
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tɪp/
name
Etymology: Occasionally from Timothy.
- A male nickname.
noun
- A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
verb
Etymology: Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
“Dirks was an investment analyst who learned from a former employee of Equity Funding that the company had been fraudulently manufacturing insurance policies. Dirks tipped several institutions which then liquidated $16 million in Equity Funding stock before the fraud was exposed and the bottom fell out of the market. According to the Court, Dirks was a hero for (eventually) exposing the fraud. The SEC's censure of Dirks for tipping inside information was reversed because, the Supreme Court held, the liability of a tippee derives from that of the tipper. If the tipper is without sin, so is the tippee. Here, the employee's purpose in informing Dirks was to expose the fraud, so the tipper breached no duty. Moreover, according to the Court, for there to be a breach of duty, there must be personal benefit (in the form of pecuniary gain or reputational benefit that will translate into future earnings) arising to the tipper from the disclosure.”
“In rare instances, the provision logically could apply to the private right of action given to contemporaneous traders to recover for insider trading (e.g., a case where an insider tipped an associate about some forthcoming corporate event, and the tippee was found liable based on recklessness).”
- To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
“The rest of Saturday’s games have tantalising opportunities for upsets – but I’m going to tip conservatively.”
“I tipped all the home teams except for the Sharks and Storm.”
- To predict something having a particular outcome.
“I'm tipping that, although complex accounting treatments tend to separate capital items and recurrent programs and impede overall visibility, there are significant overspends across the infrastructure portfolio.”
“Liz Truss is widely tipped to defeat rival Rishi Sunak to become the new British prime minister.”