| 词汇 | kickback |
| 释义 | kickback noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɪk.bæk/ us /ˈkɪk.bæk/ an amount of money that is paid to someone illegally in exchange for secret help or work（不合法的）回扣，酬金 Payment methods anti-kickback ATM card automatic withdrawal bad cheque baksheesh bribe chip commission liquid meal ticket microtransaction monetization monetize money-back monometallic payoff ready money remittance severance wave and pay kickback | American Dictionarykickback noun[ C ] us/ˈkɪkˌbæk/ payment made to someone, esp. illegally, for providing help, a job, or a piece of business: Bankhead got a contract to supply computers to the department in exchange for a kickback. kickback | Business Englishkickback noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɪkbæk/us an amount of money that is secretly and illegally paid to someone in exchange for their help: He is accused of paying kickbacks to a district official to win contracts with the school system. Examples of kickbackkickback The programme may be less well tailored to local needs and overly costly because of kickbacks. Specifically, the focus is on kickbacks in public procurement, the embezzlement of public funds and the bribery of public officials. In other words, it was rumored that union officials received kickbacks from the retailers. First, it was long rumored that the building of nuclear power plants was politically corrupt and involved huge kickbacks and commissions. Thus, it reflects levels of illegal bribery and kickbacks, not benefits that are narrowly targeted to local constituents. It is businesses that pay the bribes and kickbacks and that in exchange receive the contracts for public works. It had much more money to spend than the opposition, widely attributed to kickbacks on state contracts which were channelled into the coffers of the ruling party. It is an organisation that runs with pride in itself and not embarrassment about the political kickbacks that occurred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We also need to consider how to tackle the profits of bunkering and the oil-related kickbacks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may produce a kickback. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By contrast, there are numerous interests that wish to establish landfill sites in certain regions and set up incineration units etc. from which they can obtain kickbacks, rake-offs and profits. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The soldier who was opposite, who fired it, heeled over and had a severe crack under the jaw from a kickback which he was not expecting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a kickback is an appalling prospect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A rash attack might easily lead to a boomerang effect and a kickback which would put back the cause of purification of the rivers rather than forward it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His father was indicted in 1981 in a kickback scheme but acquitted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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