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Definition of Bakshis
1. Noun. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter).
Generic synonyms: Fringe Benefit, Perk, Perquisite
Specialized synonyms: Christmas Box
Derivative terms: Tip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bakshis
Literary usage of Bakshis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids by Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1820)
"... and told him positively, that he must get them, promising to give him a bakshis
when he brought them to me; which he did the day after. ..."
2. The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B. by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1857)
"... if I can abolish this bakshis system he will have three-fourths; but who can
say what his produce will be in this land of produce unbounded ! ..."
3. Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government by Benjamin Lewis Rice (1897)
"A new Sadar Court was established at Mysore, with two bakshis at its head, ...
The two first bakshis who sat in the Sadar Court, thus newly constituted, ..."
4. History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th Century by Henry Hoyle Howorth (1876)
"... and he was put to death on the 23rd November, 1262.5 The bakshis or Buddhist
doctors of the Mongols counselled a confident advance, and this advice was ..."
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