kickbacks

• answers
• backhanders
• backlashes
• bribes
• deductions
• discounts
• gift
• givebacks
• graft
• incentives
• payment
• payoff
• payoffs
• reactions
• rebates
• reductions
• replies
• responses

• accessions
• actions
• additions
• effects
• gains
• increases
• increments

• noun
  1. A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.
  2. A covert – often illegal – payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction.
  3. (machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
  4. (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.
  5. A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
  6. The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
  7. In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.
  8. A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
  9. A relaxed party.

• The CEO was implicated in a scandal involving receiving kickbacks from suppliers for lucrative contracts.
• She suspected foul play when she discovered undisclosed kickbacks in the company's financial records.
• The politician promised to crack down on corruption and eliminate kickbacks from government contracts.
• Investors were outraged when they learned that the executives had been pocketing kickbacks from shady deals.
• The company's reputation took a hit after it was revealed that its employees had been accepting kickbacks from competitors.

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