kickback
(noun) a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
kickback (countable and uncountable, plural kickbacks)
(countable) A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.
(countable) A covert – often illegal – payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction.
(uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
(countable, machinery) An accident wherein an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
(oil drilling) A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
(countable, bowling) The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
(uncountable, bridge) In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.
(pinball) A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
A relaxed party.
Synonym: kicker
Source: Wiktionary
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
