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kickback
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Wiktionary
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n. 1 (context countable English) A backward kick. 2 (context countable English) A clandestine payment in return for a favor; especially an illegal one 3 (context uncountable firearms machinery English) recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Kickback can refer to: Kickback (bribery) , a form of bribery in which payment is received for illegal services rendered. Kickback (gaming) , an online gaming site. "Kickback" , also known as the Raduga Kh-15 , the RKV-15 , and the AS-16 , a Russian air-to-surface ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
kickback \kick"back`\, n. recoil, of a gun or machine, as in older automobile engines when started by turning a crank. A secret, and usually illegal, payment, by a recipient of money paid for goods or services, to a facilitator of the transaction, of a ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ A cardiologist was offered kickbacks by a pacemaker manufacturer. ▪ He and his partner were charged with taking $300,000 in kickbacks in exchange for their political influence. ▪ He is on trial for allegedly accepting ...
Usage examples of kickback.
Perhaps his lunch-time largess was heartfelt, and in no way meant as a kickback for receiving those 42 cases.
Although he pleaded guilty last week in an illegal kickback scheme, he now seeks his pension, sick leave and unused vacation pay.
In 1988, they approved a tax kickback to lure big-league franchises from other states.
This was not cutting the quality of goods so the kickback would be fatter.
If Nims was in the business of taking kickbacks for favors rendered, Joseph might want him dead.
He took kickbacks for oil and lumber leases, abandoned Hamlin to the Jackknife.
Majestic to pay the kickbacks which ultimately insured that Majestic would buy their company--at a profit.
Guy and Stella are off on their Asian tour, handing out kickbacks right, left, and centre.
Rumors of murder for hire, kickbacks, bribes, and peddling his influence to the highest bidder had dogged him quietly for years, but nothing stuck.
Up to and definitely including corruption, such as kickbacks of some serious nuyen to someone in the evaluation and procurement infrastructure.
Soon after his arrival, he said, members of the department reported that certain officers were helping themselves to money and other evidence that was seized during arrests and taking kickbacks from prostitutes and their pimps.
Loretta stumbled on illegal campaign funding or kickbacks on city contracts.
About six months g o, I did some digging and found a couple of trans aeons between the senator and the owner of Caravan Foods that could be considered kickbacks and political bribes.
Larson says Allison was blackmailing you, that she had information that suggested you were taking kickbacks from Caravan Foods in exchange for your power and influence on legislation regulating the poultry industry.
Another reason Hy says the promo guy does so well, the label exec who hires him could be getting a kickback.