Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lubrication payment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: lu-bri-ca-tion -pay-ment
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"A lubrication payment is a small payment to low-level business people or government officials to "grease the wheels" of business."
"Lubrication payments are made with requests for a person to perform a task faster or more efficiently, whereas subornation is an act of asking officials to neglect their duties or do something illegal."

Etymology

By a metaphor in which facilitating human socioeconomic interaction is portrayed as lubricating machinery (e.g., oiling the gears, greasing the wheels); in this regard, compare also social lubricant.

Inflected Forms

lubrication payments (plural)

Synonyms

grease payment grease money palm oil baksheesh

Questions

What does lubrication payment mean?: 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.
Where does lubrication payment come from?: By a metaphor in which facilitating human socioeconomic interaction is portrayed as lubricating machinery (e.g., oiling the gears, greasing the wheels); in this regard, compare also social lubricant.

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