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
Rositsa	-	Bulgarian
ÁSgeir	-	Icelandic
Fadi	-	Arabic
Rasmus	RAHS-moos	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Faas	FAH:S	Dutch
Payton	PAY-tən	English (Modern)