backhander

Related topics: Sport, Crime

back·hand·er /ˈbækhændə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1. DSHITa hit or shot that you do using the back of your hand 反手一击

2 SCCMONEY British EnglishBrE informal money that you pay illegally and secretly to get something done 贿赂 SYN bribe

Investigators estimate that £35m had been spent on bribes and backhanders.

调查人员估计有3500万英镑用于行贿。

Examples from the Corpus

backhander• Perhaps the landlord's getting a backhander from the estate agent.• There's some suggestion that a backhander was involved.• Fifty pounds has already gone in backhanders to the guys in the security office.• Messier took off on the breakaway with Jozef Stumpel chasing him and beat Ranford with a top-shelf backhander.

From Longman Business Dictionary

backhanderback·hand·er /ˈbækhændə-ər/ noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE informal

an amount of money or something valuable that someone gives you to persuade you to help them or do something dishonest for themSYN BRIBE

A former Ministry of Defence worker has been found guilty of accepting £1.5 million in backhanders from arms companies.

词汇	backhander
释义	backhander Related topics: Sport, Crime back·hand·er /ˈbækhændə $ -ər/ noun [countableC] 1. DSHITa hit or shot that you do using the back of your hand 反手一击 2 SCCMONEY British EnglishBrE informal money that you pay illegally and secretly to get something done 贿赂 SYN bribe Investigators estimate that £35m had been spent on bribes and backhanders. 调查人员估计有3500万英镑用于行贿。 Examples from the Corpus backhander• Perhaps the landlord's getting a backhander from the estate agent.• There's some suggestion that a backhander was involved.• Fifty pounds has already gone in backhanders to the guys in the security office.• Messier took off on the breakaway with Jozef Stumpel chasing him and beat Ranford with a top-shelf backhander. From Longman Business Dictionary backhanderback·hand·er /ˈbækhændə-ər/ noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE informal an amount of money or something valuable that someone gives you to persuade you to help them or do something dishonest for themSYN BRIBE A former Ministry of Defence worker has been found guilty of accepting £1.5 million in backhanders from arms companies.
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