palm-oil

Noun

palm oil (countable and uncountable, plural palm oils)

1. An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).
   • Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29
2. (slang) Money given as a bribe.

   Synonyms:

   grease payment, lubrication payment, baksheesh