Meaning of boot money | Babel Free

Definitions

Bribes paid to rugby or soccer players.

slang, uncountable

Examples

“In New Zealand and South Africa, as well as in Australia, rugby, for many years the subject of allegations of under-the-counter payments and 'boot money', now also has a central position in the professionally orientated sporting establishment.”

“For years, the little tax-free extras or inducements took the form of “boot money” – a few notes left surreptitiously in a player's boot […]”

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