pay·o·la
noun/peɪˈəʊlə/
/peɪˈəʊlə/
[uncountable] (North American English, informal)- the practice of giving or taking payments for doing something illegal, especially for illegally influencing the sales of a particular product
买通，贿赂（尤指为非法影响销售） Word Origin1930s: from pay + -ola as in Victrola, the name of a make of gramophone.