lubrication payments

A form of lubrication payment — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of lubrication payment
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