grease payment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. US,idiomatic
    — Critics say there is no distinction between extortion and bribery, and that the distinction between a payoff (illegal) and a "grease" payment made to speed along normal duties (legal under the act) is unclear.

词形变化

grease payments plural

词源

See lubrication payment § Etymology.
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