kickback
A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremityA backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.
» The company president was indicted for paying kickbacks.
Президенту компании было предъявлено обвинение в выплате откатов.
Meaning
10 senses(countable)A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.
(countable, informal)A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.
verdeckte Rückvergütung, Retrozession, Kickback
отка́тotkát
(uncountable)Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
Rückschlag
отка́тotkát
(countable)An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
(countable, uncountable)An accident wherein the upper tip of the bar of a running chainsaw contacts a relatively immovable object, forcing the bar upwards and pressing the running chain more firmly against the object, causing the saw to be hurled upwards and backwards into the operator's face.
(countable, uncountable)A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
(countable)The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
(uncountable)In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.
(countable, uncountable)A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
(countable, uncountable)A relaxed party.
- a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
Examples
3 sentencesThe company president was indicted for paying kickbacks.
ruПрезиденту компании было предъявлено обвинение в выплате откатов. — odexed
Doctors receiving kickbacks from drug companies to prescribe their products is a growing problem.
She was pushing the drug so hard, I swore she must be getting some kind of kickback.
Translations
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Origin
Deverbal from kick back.Deverbal from kick back.
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Forms
plural: kickbacksSynonyms
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4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable