kickbacks

英 [ˈkɪkbæks]

美 [ˈkɪkˌbæks]

n.  (不合法的)回扣，酬金，佣金
kickback的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （不合法的）回扣，酬金，佣金
  Akickbackis a sum of money that is paid to someone illegally, for example money which a company pays someone to arrange for the company to be chosen to do an important job.
  1. ...alleged kickbacks and illegal party financing.
     涉嫌收受佣金和非法政党筹资

双语例句

• He's been taking kickbacks from vendors for years.
  他从卖家那里收取回扣很多年了。
• Know that doctors'corruption and kickbacks exist and prosper when the good men do nothing.
  你需要知道，当好人无所作为时，医生的腐败和回扣是存在的，而且处于繁荣之中。
• Political killings, bribery, extortion and kickbacks are the norm in many places.
  政治杀害、贪污受贿、敲诈勒索、红包回扣等在许多地方俨然成了常态。
• This would likely reduce the size of any kickbacks paid and the political sensitivity of the issue.
  这使得相关回扣额不会太大，而且也降低了这一问题的政治敏感性。
• Over$ 16 billion annually are spent by pharmaceutical, device and bio-tech industries on kickbacks and marketing to physicians.
  每年有超过160亿美元花费在药品，设备和生物技术产业的回扣和对医生的市场营销中。
• Postal system against corruption and bribery of public funds to report kickbacks email!
  邮政系统反贪污贿赂公款吃回扣举报电子信箱！
• To put it bluntly, what he wants is to get more kickbacks.
  说白了，他是想多捞回扣。
• Now, three men close to Sarkozy are implicated in the alleged kickbacks.
  现在，与萨科齐关系很近的三名男子与受到指称的回扣事件有牵连。
• Asian component suppliers yesterday responded to allegations that they paid kickbacks to a former Apple procurement executive in return for business.
  几家亚洲零配件供应商昨日对苹果（Apple）此前作出的一项指控做出了回应。苹果指控称，这些亚洲供应商向一位前苹果采购主管支付了回扣以换取业务。
• Hospitals now fund themselves mainly out of sales of drugs and treatment – not all of which is needed by patients – and some staff have become used to supplementing meagre salaries with kickbacks.
  医院的收入目前主要来自药物销售和治疗收费（这些药物和治疗方案往往并非都是病患所需要的），而一些员工已经习惯靠回扣来贴补微薄的工资。