Meaning of lubrication payment | Babel Free

Definitions

A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.

euphemistic, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“A lubrication payment is a small payment to low-level business people or government officials to "grease the wheels" of business.”

“Lubrication payments are made with requests for a person to perform⟳ a task faster or more efficiently, whereas subornation is an act of asking officials to neglect⟳ their duties or do something illegal.”

CEFR level