tea money
A bribe, especially for facilitating a business dealingA bribe, especially for facilitating a business dealing.
Meaning
1 senses(Myanmar, Thailand, regional, slang, uncountable)A bribe, especially for facilitating a business dealing.
Origin
Calque of Burmese လက်ဖက်ရည်ဖိုး (lakhpak-ranyhpui:, “tea money”) likely.Calque of Burmese လက်ဖက်ရည်ဖိုး (lakhpak-ranyhpui:, “tea money”) likely.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcoffee money
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable