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payola: a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record

hush money collapse: a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret

rebate collapse: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid; join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"; cut a rebate in (timber or stone); give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"

gratuity collapse: an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation; a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

kickback collapse: a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction

gratification collapse: the act or an instance of satisfying; state of being gratified; great satisfaction; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time"

bribe collapse: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment; make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

sop collapse: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"; piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid; dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"; be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid; give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

graft collapse: the act of grafting something onto something else; (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient; cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"

protection collapse: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"; the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"; the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform"; the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"

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