1. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt their judgment
   "The official was caught accepting a kickback to approve the building permit";
   - bribe, payoff, bung [Brit, informal], backhander [Brit, informal]
    
2. A commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
   "The construction company was accused of paying kickbacks to win government contracts"

1. Spring back, as from a forceful thrust
   "The gun kicked back into my shoulder";
   - recoil, kick
    
2. [informal] (crime) pay a kickback; make an illegal payment
   "The contractor kicked back a percentage of the profits to the corrupt official"

Derived forms: kicked back, kickbacks, kicks back, kicking back

Type of: bounce, bound, pay, payment, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring

Encyclopedia: Kickback