grease payment

grease payment

A sum of money, typically a bribe, paid to a government official or business person so as to facilitate or expedite some decision or transaction. Just offer the governor's aide a grease payment to move our building application to the forefront of the governor's agenda.
See also: grease, payment
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • payment
  • lubrication
  • lubrication payment
  • oil the wheels
  • grease the wheels
  • in sum
  • drugola
  • hello
  • a golden hello
  • flop account
References in periodicals archive
Paying the additional charge is considered a grease payment and is permitted under the law.
For example, employees responsible for making legal grease payments should get extra training in this specific part of the FCPA.
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Payments that are permissible under the FCPA, however, are called facilitating or grease payments. This exemption allows for payments to be made to a foreign official, political party or party official for the sole purpose of carrying out and ensuring "routine governmental actions."
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In 2009, the The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development did a U-turn and called for the end of facilitating payments, also known as "grease payments," tolerated by several governments.
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An exception to the FCPA's antibribery prohibition exists for "grease payments," or payments to facilitate or expedite performance of a "routine governmental action." Which of the following is NOT considered a "routine governmental action," as defined by the FCPA?
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The actions ranged from bribery of foreign officials to facilitating payments (or "grease payments") to ensure certain ministerial or clerical duties got done on time.
The next great fed crackdown: the foreign corrupt practices act is experiencing a resurgence