# What is the origin of tipping?

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**Created:** [June 5, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-tipping/542030 "2010-06-05T07:51:22Z")\
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Comment on: [What is the origin of tipping?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/301/what-is-the-origin-of-tipping)

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> The fifteen percent standard is mostly a question of what the market will bear. In New York, the figure these days is twenty percent; European restaurants generally add a ten percent gratuity to the bill.

In Latvia we have 7-10-12-15 percent gratuity to the bill.