coffee money
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coffee money
- /ˈkɔfi ˌmʌni/
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A euphemism that refers to the amount of money typically enough to buy a cup of coffee. The bribe or gratuity fee sense is a calque of Malay duit kopi.
noun kopi money
- Loose change.
- A small amount of money given as a bribe or gratuity. Singapore is free of corruption as any place on earth. (Even small-scale bribery attempts lead to immediate arrest.) Ironically, this has surfaced as a disadvantage for Singaporeans conducting business in other countries - where contacts aren’t always considered binding, bureaucratic inefficiency ca
