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подмазка (Grease money is money that is paid to an official to facilitate the rapid processing of bureaucratic paperwork. Such a payment is known as a grease or facilitating payment, and the legality of such payments varies, depending on the laws that govern the activities of the official and the person or company offering the payment. Some people consider these payments to be a form of bribery, since they involve offering money to a public official with an expectation of a result, while others argue that they are only used to expedite a task that will be performed anyway, whether or not funds are offered. As such, it is simply a cost of doing business in some parts of the world.  wisegeek.org Alexander Demidov) |
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взятка за ускорение ('More); незаконное денежное вознаграждение за ускорение ('More); незаконное денежное вознаграждение за содействие в ускорении (оформления, принятия решения и т.п. 'More); плата за ускорение (also: grease payment; SYN: speed money; grease payment: (chiefly US, idiomatic, business, law, ethics) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual. 'More) |
