payola

(peˈolə)

n. a bribe. (Originally a bribe paid to a disk jockey by record producers to get extra attention for their records.) The announcer was fired for taking payola.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rameses	RAM-ə-seez (English)	Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)
Erminhilt	-	Ancient Germanic
Shohreh	-	Persian
Ballesteros	[bælə'steərɔs]
Edward	ED-wərd (English), ED-vahrt (Polish)	English, Polish
Barak (1)	BER-ək (English), BAR-ək (English)	Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew