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tronc [trɒŋk]
n
(Business / Commerce) a pool into which waiters, waitresses, hotel workers, etc., pay their tips and into which some managements pay service charges for later distribution to staff by a tronc master, according to agreed percentages
[from French: collecting box]


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25) "Combien admirablement ces peaux noires se melent et s'harmonisent dans la grande symphonie vegetale,--au point que les corps se distinguent a peine des troncs des arbres et semblent mythologiquement metamorphoser leurs membres en branches et en lianes" (Journal, 874).
HMRC argued that troncs, a system of pooling and distributing tips to staff in the service industry, should not count towards the minimum wage.
In 2003 HM Revenue & Customs started Operation Gourmet to crack down on restaurant practices, and since that time the industry has been at loggerheads over whether troncs are subject to national insurance.
 
 
 
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