lubrication payment
Noun
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Noun
lubrication payment (plural lubrication payments)
- (idiomatic, business, ethics, euphemism) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
- 1995, Mark E. Mendenhall et al., Global Management, ISBN 9781557866356, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=3JJA0G9J5GEC&pg=PA145&dq=%22lubrication+payment%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES&client=firefox-a#PPA145,M1 p. 145]:
- A lubrication payment is a small payment to low-level business people or government officials to "grease the wheels" of business.
- 2001, Y. H. Wong and Thomas K. Leung, Guanxi: Relationship marketing in a Chinese context, ISBN 9780789012906, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=eqcw39-8DVkC&pg=PA105&dq=%22lubrication+payments%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2001&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2009&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPA106,M1 p. 105]:
- Lubrication payments are made with requests for a person to perform a task faster or more efficiently, whereas subornation is an act of asking officials to neglect their duties or do something illegal.
- 1995, Mark E. Mendenhall et al., Global Management, ISBN 9781557866356, [http://books.google.ca/books?id=3JJA0G9J5GEC&pg=PA145&dq=%22lubrication+payment%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES&client=firefox-a#PPA145,M1 p. 145]:
- German: Schmiergeld
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