grease payment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.

en-au-grease payment.ogg

grease payment grease payments

See lubrication payment § Etymology.

baksheesh grease grease money lubrication payment

grease someone's palm grease the wheels palm oil

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