Slang of day: Kickback
kickback
Meaning: a payment made, often secretly or illegally, to someone who has helped to arrange a deal or a job
For example:
- Several corrupt politicians were arrested for getting kickbacks from companies that were given huge government contracts.
- We'll have to pay a $50,000 kickback to the school's principal if we want to get the job of building their new assembly hall.
Quick Quiz:
The company that built the new national stadium gave the Minister of Sports a kickback that was
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