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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.
  • (uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
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