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| плата за ускорение | grease payment (also: grease money; Syn. speed money; lubrication payment: (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.  multitran.ru 'More) |
| плата за ускорение | lubrication payment (SYN: grease payment; grease money; speed money; (idiomatic, business, 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. A lubrication payment is a small payment to low-level business people or government officials to "grease the wheels" of business. multitran.ru, multitran.ru 'More) |
| плата за ускорение | grease money (also: grease payment; SYN: speed money; grease payment: (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. 'More) |
| плата за ускорение | speed money (Syn. grease payments (or grease money); lubrication payment(s); Speed money is paid to quicken processes caused by bureaucratic delays and shortage of resources. It normally occurs in offices where licences, permits, inspection certificates and clearance documents are processed. Over regulation and laborious and endless paperwork, will encourage the rich and powerful to try and circumvent tedious processes and procedures, thus entice officials to take bribes. multitran.ru 'More) |
