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grease payment

idiom

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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  1. 01

    elbow grease

    Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.

  2. 02

    grease monkey

    A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.

  3. 03

    grease someone's palm

    To bribe a person.

  4. 04

    grease the skids

    To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.

  5. 05

    grease the wheels

    To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.

  6. 06

    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.

  7. 07

    yellow grease

    Used vegetable oil purposed for use as biodiesel.

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