[单项选择]There are two common explanations for the origin of tipping. The Oxford English Dictionary says tip was seventeenth-century underworld slang for "give" -- as in "Tip me your wallet or your life." Opponents of tipping will probably prefer this explanation, since it suggests the practice was originally a form of theft. A less reputable, but nonetheless charming, explanation is that in Renaissance (文艺复兴时期) coffee-houses, boxes were set near the door, into which customers could drop gratuities (赏钱). These boxes, according to the story, bore the legend "To Insure Promptitude (迅速)," which was ultimately shortened to TIP. Whether it was an enterprising serving woman or a boss with his eye on depressing wages who first thought up the idea, the story does not say.
Tipping became common in England by the middle of the eighteenth century. Because it is not suited to a country without an established servant class, it did not catch on in America until after the Civil War, when former slaveh
A. the shaping of the tipping system
B. the practice of tipping in US
C. the popularity of tipping
D. the Origin of tipping

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