a sop to Cerberus

A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ji-Young	jee-yung	Korean
Zalman	-	Yiddish
Mannes	-	Dutch
Gemma	JEM-mah (Italian), JEM-ə (English), KHE-mah (Dutch)	Italian, Catalan, English (British), Dutch
Nickolaus	NI-ko-lows	German
Pack	[pæk]