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
  • 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
Noun
  • Prosecutors said Santana was paid thousands in bribes for smuggling contraband into the facility between May 2024 and June 2025.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But the judge also noted Krneta’s dual role in facilitating the corruption of Tobolski, both paying bribes and collecting extortion payments from other contractors on the then-mayor’s behalf.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 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
  • The study adds a new wrinkle to the ongoing debate over whether these increasingly expensive corporate incentives are worth their cost to taxpayers.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The merger threatens to push production further abroad amid an already ongoing exodus, as well as to other states with cushy tax incentives.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of incentives
Noun
  • Between these stimuli, strange thoughts move through my semi-conscious mind, the kind of free association that feels normal in sleep and bizarre in life.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • How 40 Hz Sound Therapy Works The treatment is called GENUS, short for gamma entrainment using sensory stimuli.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 July 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  • Kane’s backhanders have been replaced by Bedard’s one-timers.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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