LingakuFrequency rank: 14,263. – 14,312.
- bribe; sweetener; douceur
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- bribe
- sweetener
- douceur
Refers to a payment made to someone, often a public official, to influence their actions or decisions.
In this context, it refers to something added to make a deal or offer more appealing, usually in an unethical manner.
She had prepared a sweetener to make the proposal more acceptable.
A term often used in French contexts, similar to a bribe, indicating a payment or gift meant to persuade someone.
Generated collocations (experimental)
わいろ賄賂をおくる贈るto give a bribeわいろ賄賂をうけとる受け取るto receive a bribeわいろ賄賂をようきゅう要求するto demand a bribeわいろ賄賂をつかう使うto use a bribeわいろ賄賂のうけわたし受け渡しexchange of bribesわいろ賄賂もんだい問題bribery scandalわいろ賄賂をはらう払うto pay a bribeわいろ賄賂をかくす隠すto conceal a bribeせいじか政治家へのわいろ賄賂bribes to politiciansわいろ賄賂のえいきょう影響influence of briberyふせい不正なわいろ賄賂illegal bribe
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- べんぎ便宜をはからって計らってもらうためにおくる贈るきんぴん金品．.
- きごう「とのさま殿様は、わいろ賄賂（わいろ）にひとしい等しいふとどけ付届だと、ひとくち一口におっしゃるが、まちぶぎょう町奉行しょ所へだってこんざん献残きごう（しょうぐん将軍へけんじょう献上したのこりもの残り物としょうして称して、だいみょう大名がえど江戸にいるあいだ間、ぶぎょう奉行のせわになった世話になったしゃれい謝礼として、ぶっぴん物品きんす金子をじさん持参することをいうきごう）をもちこむ持ち込むのだからな．.おおばん大判のいちまい一枚やこばん小判のじゅうまい十枚ぐらいけちけちして、きら吉良からいじ意地のわるい悪いことをされないほう方がいいがな．.もしちょっとしたぎしき儀式のことでも、しっぱい失敗があるとたいへん大変だがなきごう」きごう―きごう―
- しょくむ職務にかんして関してじゅじゅ授受されるふせい不正なほうしゅう報酬．.
Example sentences
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Lobbyists for the bill funneled bribes into a campaign fund.
There was some monkey business going on when they were negotiating that last contract; money passed under the table.
It was very sensible of him to reject the bribe.
Two senior officials are suspected of accepting bribes from real estate companies.
I hear the governor's been getting money under the table from tobacco companies.