(idiomatic, business, ethics, euphemistic) 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.

(chiefly US, idiomatic, business, law, ethics) 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.

(finance) Any service provided by a financial institution to allow one person or organization to pay another for a product or service

plural of payday loan

A small, short-term unsecured loan of money at an extremely high interest rate.

debts and liabilities owed by a business

(law) The agreed discharge of a debt by giving something differing in character from that of the original debt

plural of payara

Hydrolycus scomberoides, a Venezuelan gamefish with two long fangs protruding from the lower jaw.

(economics) A redistribution of income in the market system initiated by a government, such as welfare, social security, etc.