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Lagniappe

//lænˈjæp// noun

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Noun

1
An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something. Louisiana, Trinidad-and-Tobago
"Lefe had been successful, and was supposed to have amassed quite a "pile," which he was very loth indeed to part with; and when he lost, if the money were not absolutely staked, would usually put off the winner with some old horse that he had fixed up for sale, or a dubious note that he had received as "lanyappe," (Anglice, boot money.)"
2
a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase) wordnet

Etymology

From Cajun French lagniappe, from Spanish la ñapa, a variant of yapa (“small gift or additional quantity given to a valued customer”), from Quechua yapa (“addition, increase, supplement; lagniappe”), yapay (“to add, to increase”).

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