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
Roberto	ro-BER-to (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Brigita	-	Slovene, Croatian, Latvian
LesŁAw	LES-wahf	Polish
Marcio	MAHR-thyo (Spanish), MAHR-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Bastien	bas-TYAWN	French
Liviana	lee-VYAH-nah (Italian)	Italian, Ancient Roman