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
Odd-Norwegian
LiddyLID-eeEnglish
HowieHOW-eeEnglish
Terezinha-Portuguese (Brazilian)
MatthÄUs-German
EarthaUR-thəEnglish