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lubrication payments

lubrication payments is the plural of lubrication payment.

Meaning of lubrication payment

Noun

lubrication payment (plural lubrication payments)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) 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.
    • A lubrication payment is a small payment to low-level business people or government officials to "grease the wheels" of business.1995, Mark E. Mendenhall et al., Global Management, →ISBN, page 145

Questions about lubrication payments

What is lubrication payments the plural of?
Lubrication payments is the plural of lubrication payment.

Words near lubrication payments in the dictionary

  1. lubricating
  2. lubricating oil
  3. lubricating oils
  4. lubrication
  5. lubrication payment
  6. lubrication payments
  7. lubricational
  8. lubrications
  9. lubricative
  10. lubricator
  11. lubricators

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