'kickback' definitions:
Definition of 'kickback'
(from WordNet)
noun
A commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
Definition of 'kickback'
From: GCIDE
- kickback \kick"back`\, n.
- 1. recoil, of a gun or machine, as in older automobile engines when started by turning a crank. [PJC]
- 2. A secret, and usually illegal, payment, by a recipient of money paid for goods or services, to a facilitator of the transaction, of a portion of that money; specifically, any portion of a gain made by the seller in a commercial transaction which is returned surreptitiously and illegally to a person (such as a purchasing agent) who authorized or recommended the purchase. It is generally considered a form of bribe. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'kickback'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- agio,
- allowance,
- backfire,
- backlash,
- backlashing,
- bank discount,
- boomerang,
- bounce,
- bound,
- breakage,
- bribe,
- carom,
- cash discount,
- chain discount,
- charge-off,
- commission,
- compensation,
- concession,
- contrecoup,
- cut,
- deduction,
- depreciation,
- discount,
- drawback,
- kick,
- payola,
- penalty,
- penalty clause,
- percentage,
- premium,
- price reduction,
- price-cut,
- rebate,
- rebatement,
- rebound,
- rebuff,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- recoupment,
- reduction,
- refund,
- refundment,
- reimbursement,
- repayment,
- repercussion,
- repulse,
- resilience,
- restitution,
- return,
- reward,
- ricochet,
- rollback,
- salvage,
- setoff,
- share,
- spring,
- tare,
- time discount,
- trade discount,
- tret,
- underselling,
- write-off