cumshaw

noun

ˈkəm-ˌshȯ How to pronounce cumshaw (audio)
Definition of cumshawnext
1
as in bonus
something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed the clerk at Calcutta airport was clearly angling for a little cumshaw on the side

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2
as in bribe
something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision the captain slipped the customs official his customary cumshaw at the Port of Shanghai

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  1. bonus
  2. bribe
  3. dividend
  4. gift
  5. gravy train
Noun
  • This one also gets bonus points for having a foldover-like style.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • And there are wonderful, positive career bonuses from accolades.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of bonus
Noun
  • In April, a former chief inspector of the State Bank was given life in prison for accepting a five-million-dollar bribe to overlook financial problems at SCB.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Edgar Cisneros, the former city manager of Commerce, also pleaded guilty in the plot in which local officials allegedly took bribes to hand out permits for marijuana businesses.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of bribe
Noun
  • Deere has hiked its dividend by 145%, most dramatically during wheat’s last big rally.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Every dollar invested in Morgan yields high dividends for our economy, communities, students and society.
    David K. Wilson, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of dividend
Noun
  • Sure, big-ticket holiday gifts are fun to receive: There’s nothing quite like ripping off the wrapping paper to unveil a brand-new video game console or a pair of noise-canceling headphones.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And there’s so many wonderful gifts that come from being tested to your limits of death.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of gift
Noun
  • The gravy train didn’t last long, though—Thune ran for South Dakota’s other Senate seat in 2004 and managed to unseat Daschle, the sitting leader of the Democratic caucus and the same man who beat his former boss, Abdnor, 18 years before.
    Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Those are just some of the consumers who have been at the end of this gravy train.
    Greg Petro, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of gravy train
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