lubrication

Related to lubrication: Hydrodynamic lubrication

lubrication payment

A small sum of money or other gifts or services to be paid or given to government officials to expedite business operations in countries that do not prohibit such activity. Whenever I start up a new factory overseas, I make sure to bring along enough cash on hand for any lubrication payments I may need to make.
See also: lubrication, payment
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lubrication

n. liquor. Willy has had a little too much lubrication.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • lubrication payment
  • grease payment
  • payment
  • push money
  • in sum
  • Monopoly money
  • hello
  • a golden hello
  • blow it all
  • mad money
References in periodicals archive
When it comes to correct lubrication, therefore, it is always important to examine the chain pins of the connecting link.
Considering the disturbance of the transmission lubrication system, the k-[epsilon] turbulence model is used for lubrication analysis.
Gearboxes are modified with a lube delivery system to enable the jet lubrication testing.
Klber Lubrication, set up as a retail company for mineral oil products in Munich in 1929, is today part of Freudenberg Chemical Specialities SE and Co.
Another important offering from Kluber Lubrication is training tailored to the textile industry sector.
While the pharmaceutical industry is continually moving to higher-speed, higher-volume automated equipment, it is becoming increasingly impractical for the industry to depend on labor-intensive, point-by-point, manual lubrication.
Founded in 1925, Lubrication Technologies serves transportation, automotive, industrial, and small engine customers in over 70 countries.
When using ToConceive, the woman's natural conception lubrication increases and changes to capacitate the sperm.
They cover the tribology of natural articular joints, sticky and slippery: interfacial forces of mucin and mucus gels, aqueous lubrication and food emulsions, aqueous lubrication in cosmetics, hydrogel friction and lubrication, aqueous lubrication with polymer brushes, the water-like lubrication of hard contacts by polyhydric alcohols, and the aqueous lubrication of ceramics.
"EALs made by Kluber Lubrication are readily biodegradable and non-toxic to marine organisms, which considerably reduces their environmental impact in the event of a leakage", said Dirk Fabry, business development manager for marine, oil and gas at Kluber Lubrication.
Donghua hot-dipped chain lubrication is now offered as part of its new UK Attachment Chain Workshop.
Most failures are related to lubrication and contamination, but myths and misconceptions help perpetuate many easily avoidable problems.
Lubrication of industrial bearings is an essential tool for minimising friction and reducing wear that could cause premature failure, by preventing direct metallic contact between the bearing's rings, rolling elements and cage.
The 5th wheel now comes equipped with new plates that take no lubrication.