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baksheeshs

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plural of baksheesh

as in payoffs

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Travelers who put in the time, effort, and money to acquire dual citizenship will see major payoffs.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Revel in withholding some information from the audience to make for even bigger payoffs.

— William Earl, Variety, 27 July 2026

Definition of payoffs

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Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has become central to a local corruption scandal, due to the conduct of civil servants who allegedly accepted bribes to grant exorbitant construction contracts for public work.

— News Desk, Artforum, 31 Aug. 2026
In another scheme, former Commerce City Manager Edgar Pascual Cisneros provided $45,000 in bribes to Pacheco to secure a permit for another marijuana company and was promised $235,000 as part of the deal, prosecutors said.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bribes

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Any federal tax credit worth passing should stack automatically on top of state incentives and apply the same regardless of whether a production files from Atlanta, Shreveport, or Burbank.

— Sam Roseme, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
In July, California’s Public Utilities Commission approved new incentives of up to $20,300 for ride-hailing app drivers to buy or lease new zero-emission vehicles, and often now, ride hailers can choose to be picked up by an EV on the apps.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of incentives

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The edit intercuts old film reels, both archival B-roll and seeming home movies, to hint at how all these new stimuli jog Brooke’s memory.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Rather than explaining behavior solely in terms of observable stimuli and responses, cognitive psychologists investigated ways in which individuals acquire, organize, store, and use information.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Sep. 2026

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