payola
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lə noun Informal.
a secret or private payment in return for the promotion of a product, service, etc., through the abuse of one's position, influence, or facilities.
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| 1. | a bribe given to secure special treatment, esp to a disc jockey to promote a commercial product |
| 2. | the practice of paying or receiving such bribes |
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Payola
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Slang Dictionary
payola definition[peˈolə]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Oh, yes there were periodic payola hearings which were quite lame efforts at reforming the medium.
Maybe this deserves a closer look for payola than it got back then.
They say that they don't influence sales, that there's no payola, that there's no influence on content.
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