pot-de-vin

Definitions of pot-de-vin
  1. noun
    payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
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    type of:
    acquittement, paiement, payement, règlement
    a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
  2. noun
    a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
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