grease payment
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grease payment
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See lubrication payment § Etymology.
noun grease payments
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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.
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.
Similar: baksheesh, grease, grease money, lubrication payment
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Talk about this word "grease payment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/grease%20payment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. grease payment. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grease%20payment "grease payment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/grease%20payment.Cite this
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title = {grease payment},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grease%20payment},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
