Promptness

Formal Attire is required and Promptness is appreciated.

The Shattering Christie Golden 2010

Formal Attire is required and Promptness is appreciated.

The Shattering Christie Golden 2010

The letters were an acronym for the phrase “To Insure Promptness.”

The Racial Tipping Point - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

The letters were an acronym for the phrase “To Insure Promptness.”

The Racial Tipping Point - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Thus, you frequently hear that "tip" arose as TIP, "To Insure Promptness"; "posh" from "port out, starboard home," supposedly the best places for staterooms aboard ship.

Robin Lakoff: Cutting to the Chase 2009

While old London coffee houses are generally credited as the birthplaces a customer left a gratuity over and above the menu price "To Insure Promptness", tipping has morphed into a mostly American custom.

What Tipping Tells About Your Mate Tom Van Riper 2006

Is it an acronym standing for "To Insure Promptness"?

CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2005 2005

Many people think that it's an acronym, that is stands for "To Ensure Promptness," which is what I thought.

CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2005 2005

They put a sign on the box that said To Insure Promptness, capitalizing each of the three words.

The View from Saturday E. L. Konigsburg 1996

And tip, meaning the small sum of money given for services rendered, is the acronym for To Insure Promptness.

The View from Saturday E. L. Konigsburg 1996