| 单词 | payola |
| 释义 | payola noun[CorU] mainlyUSold-fashionedinformaluk/peɪˈəʊ.lə/us/peɪˈoʊ.lə/asecretpaymentto someone for doing somethingillegalinbusiness （为进行非法商业交易进行的）贿赂，买通Payment methods
payola| Business Englishpayola noun[CorU] informaluk/peɪˈəʊlə/usasecretpaymentto someone for doing somethingillegalinbusinessorpolitics, or theactof making suchpayments: parliamentarypayola Manyorganizationsnow haveguidelinesabout payola,intendedtopreventanemployeefromacceptinggiftsthat mightcompromisehis or herindependence. Examplesofpayolapayola First, it is a straight "payola" through the urban programme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 And we know that "payola" is being investigated at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is why we should throw out this part of the clause, thepayolafor the rich that it is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they do not show incompetence, they show, as one newspaper pointed out, the most unsavoury sort of political collusion between councils and tenants—a sort of politicalpayola. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For the next four years, the theater showed a weekly profit of $20,000 afterpayola. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To the annoyance of most music publishers, he refused to acceptpayola. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They, however, refuse due to the eradication of the illegal numbers game "jueteng", from which the good senator receives apayola. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Labels turned to independent promoters to circumvent allegations ofpayola. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was caught up in thepayolascandal of the late 1950s, and admitted to having accepted thousands of dollars for playing certain records. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The paid air time was criticized by the media, who saw it aspayola. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Attempts were made to link allpayolawith rock and roll music. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In contrast topayola, however, this is not an illegal practice. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Prosecution forpayolain the 1950s was in part a reaction of the traditional music establishment against newcomers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He introduced the new material to his movers and groovers, never acceptingpayolathoughpayolawas the norm at the time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Much early commercial radio was completely freeform; this changed drastically with thepayolascandals of the 1950s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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