grease payment

== English == === Etymology === See lubrication payment § Etymology. === Pronunciation === === Noun === grease payment (plural grease payments) (chiefly US, idiomatic, business, law, ethics) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== baksheesh, grease, grease money, lubrication payment ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====