| Main Entry: | kickback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bribe |
Synonyms: |
cut, gift, graft, money under the table, oil, payment, payoff, payola, percentage, recompense, reward, share |
| Main Entry: | backlash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adverse reaction |
Synonyms: |
backfire, boomerang, counteraction, kickback, reaction, recoil, repercussion, resentment, resistance, response, retaliation, retroaction, tangle |
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity |
Synonyms: |
allurement, bait, blackmail, buyoff, compensation, contract, corrupt money, corrupting gift, enticement, envelope*, feedbag, fringe benefit, gift, goody, graft, gratuity, gravy, grease, hush money, ice*, incentive, inducement, influence peddling, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop, sweetener, sweetening, take |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of profit |
Synonyms: |
allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback, lot, member, moiety, part, partage, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice |
| Main Entry: | dues |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment for membership |
Synonyms: |
ante, arrearage, assessment, charge, charges, collection, contribution, custom, debit, debt, duty, fee, kickback, levy, liability, obligation, pay, protection, rates, tax, toll |
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
Synonyms: |
amount, application, bottom line, cash on barrelhead, charge, come to, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback, outgo, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, spending, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
Antonyms: |
savings |
| Main Entry: | reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | response |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, answer, attitude, back talk, backfire, backlash, boomerang, comeback, compensation, counteraction, counterbalance, counterpoise, double-take, echo, feedback, feeling, hit, kick, kickback, knee-jerk, lip, opinion, reagency, rebound, reception, receptivity, reciprocation, recoil, reflection, reflex, rejoinder, repercussion, reply, retort, return, reverberation, revulsion, sass, snappy comeback, take*, vibes, wisecrack |
Antonyms: |
cause, question |
| Main Entry: | rebate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refund given to purchaser |
Synonyms: |
abatement, allowance, bonus, deduction, discount, kickback, payback, reduction, reimbursement, remission, repayment, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | refund |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | returned money |
Synonyms: |
acquittance, allowance, compensation, consolation, discharge, discount, give-back, give-up, kickback, money back, payment, rebate, reimbursement, remuneration, repayment, restitution, retribution, return, satisfaction, settlement |
| Main Entry: | repercussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consequence |
Synonyms: |
backlash, chain reaction, echo, effect, fallout, feedback, flak, follow-through, follow-up, impact, imprint, influence, kickback, mark, re-echo, reaction, rebound, recoil, result, reverberation, side effect, spinoff, waves |
Antonyms: |
cause |