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
Friederikefree-du-REE-kəGerman
MÁRcia-Portuguese
Pankratios-Ancient Greek
Mirabelle-French (Rare), English (Rare)
Estellaes-TEL-əEnglish
RodgeRAHJEnglish