Tippee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tippee is a noun meaning The recipient of a gratuity; somebody tipped off.
Meaning
The recipient of a gratuity; somebody tipped off.
More Meanings
- (US, law, finance) A recipient of inside information.
Example Sentences
If tippees trade on the information, knowing it was given improperly, they, too, can be found guilty of insider trading, says attorney Jared Kopel
An 1890 article in The New York Times debated the ethics of tipping porters : “Tipping is objected to by austere and frugal American moralists upon the ground that it undermines the manhood and self-respect of the tippee.
Word Forms
- tippees
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tipper, tippler, tattler, flytipper, tippy, turntippet.
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