KICKBACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kickback mean? 

• KICKBACK (noun)
  The noun KICKBACK has 1 sense:

1. a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction

  Familiarity information: KICKBACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KICKBACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("kickback" is a kind of...):

bribe; payoff (payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment)

Derivation:

kick back (pay a kickback; make an illegal payment)