| génér. |
pay off; buy oneself out; buy off; bribe one's way out of trouble (в смысле "дать взятку, чтобы избавиться от проблем" disk_d); bribe oneself free (напр., дав взятку полицейскому Anglophile); buy freedom; make a cash settlement (от неприятной обязанности: Master George Kegley-Bassington, who was down for a recitation, I absolved from blame. I strongly suspected that he, like me, had been thrust into his painful position by force majeure and would have been equally willing to make a cash settlement. (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver) |
