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kickback noun

  /ˈkɪkbæk/
  • (countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.
lahjus
  • (countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.
potku taakse
  • (uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
rekyyli
  • (oil drilling) A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
  • (countable, bowling) The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
takaisku
  • (countable, machinery) An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
takaisku, takapotku
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