She was pushing the drug so hard, I swore she must be getting some kind of kickback.
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Kickback
//ˈkɪkbæk//
Synonyms for "kickback" (67 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (33)
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15 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
6 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
43 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ատկատ noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 回扣 noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
Danish
1 entries- returkommission noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
Dutch
1 entries- smeergeld noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
Finnish
4 entries- lahjus noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
- potku taakse noun (backward kick)
- rekyyli noun (sudden backward motion; recoil)
- takaisku noun (accident wherein an object is caught by the blade and thrown outward)
French
1 entries- rétrocommission noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
German
4 entries- Kick-Back noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
- Kick-back noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
- Kickback noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
- Retrozession noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
Hungarian
1 entries- kenőpénz noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
Italian
4 entries- abbuono noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
- bustarella noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
- contraccolpo noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
- mazzetta noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
Japanese
1 entries- キックバック noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
Polish
4 entries- deska oddzielająca tory bowlingowe noun (board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end)
- kickback noun (an ace asking convention (in contract bridge))
- kickback noun (feature that saves the ball and propels it back into play (pinball))
- kopnięcie do tyłu noun (backward kick)
Russian
2 entries- отка́т noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
- отка́т noun (sudden backward motion; recoil)
Swedish
4 entries- bakslag noun (backward kick)
- motreaktion noun (accident wherein an object is caught by the blade and thrown outward)
- muta noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
- provision noun (covert payment in return for a favor)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Kickbacks work the triceps muscle at the back of your arm. Exercising these muscles helps eliminate arm jiggle.
Source: wiktionary
Central to his [Yury Skuratov's] investigation were kickbacks supposedly paid by a Swiss construction company for contracts to restore government buildings, including both houses of parliament.
Source: wiktionary
You sell cars and help arrange car insurance for buyers. Insurance brokers pay back part of their commissions to you for referring customers to them. You must include the kickbacks in your income.
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