baksheeshs

noun

plural of baksheesh
as in payoffs

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  1. payoffs
  2. bribes
  3. sops
  4. incentives
  5. stimuli
  6. backhanders
Noun
  • Everything else is incinerating money, but investors seem happy with that because the potential payoffs might be huge.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026
  • From that point on, this martial arts video game adaptation becomes disastrously scattered, between setups and payoffs at complete odds, confounding ADR, and a total lack of any actual conclusion.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of payoffs
Noun
  • The state attorney general was accused of accepting bribes and abusing his office to help a political donor whom the FBI was investigating.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors accused Smith and at least 26 other named defendants of wagering millions of dollars and paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to players in bribes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of bribes
Noun
  • The sound can feel dense, but never overloaded — and there are certainly no obvious sops to commerciality here.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of sops
Noun
  • Commercial incentives persist Koh said shipping companies around the world have continued looking for opportunities to navigate the Strait since the conflict erupted, with some operators prepared to accept higher risks and costs.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • These changes would reduce costs, free up management bandwidth and improve IPO formation incentives.
    — Jeff Jacobs, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of incentives
Noun
  • Visual stimuli produced more activity in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers have studied how certain facial and auricular stimuli interact with parasympathetic activity.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of stimuli
Noun
  • Kane’s backhanders have been replaced by Bedard’s one-timers.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 23 July 2026
  • His mining deals in Congo, NGOs alleged, relied on schemes like kickbacks and backhanders.
    — Nicolas Niarchos, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of backhanders
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