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KICKBACK
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
Etymology
Noun
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
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(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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