Courtesy or courtesy means polite behavior or an expression of consideration--
Make sure that our employess treat all clients with courtesy.
The hotel offered an airport shuttle as a courtesy to its guests.
Curtsey or curtsey ( sometimes spelled curtsy ) means a sort of bow made by women in olden times, or in foreign countries, as a display of respect to a superior--
A curtsey is made by bending the knees and bowing the head.
The only place an American will see a curtsey is on the stage.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"You won't be expected to curtsey to our guests, just to treat them with courtesy."
Note--"curtesy" is a legal term form the past, meaning the right a husband had to a life tenure in his late wife's land--
After his wife's death, he continued to work the farm as a tenant by the curtesy.
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