tip out

Meanings

1. To extract (something) by tipping over the container that contains it.

1. An amount or percentage of a server's tips that the server shares, either voluntarily or as mandated in a tip sharing or tip pooling agreement, with other employees such as bussers, bartenders, and host/hostesses whose job duties indirectly assist the server.

1. To provide a percentage of tips to certain co-workers who support the work done by the waiter.

Etymology

From tip (“tilt”).