payola



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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Abdur-Rashid-Arabic
Volkan-Turkish
ScoutSKOWTEnglish (Rare)
Ernust-Ancient Germanic
EliisaE-lee:-sahFinnish
Leroy[lə'rɔi]