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Meaning of tippee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. The recipient of a gratuity; somebody tipped off.
  2. A recipient of inside information.
    US

Examples

“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.”
“If tippees trade on the information, knowing it was given improperly, they, too, can be found guilty of insider trading, says attorney Jared Kopel”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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