Explore Kickback through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like bribe or payoff. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Kickback meaning
- A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.
- A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.
- Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
Using Kickback
- The main meaning on this page is: A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity. | A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe. | Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
- Useful related words include: bribe, payoff.
- In the example corpus, kickback often appears in combinations such as: kickback scheme, kickback schemes, of kickback.
Context around Kickback
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kickback
- In this selection, "kickback" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alleged, foot, anti, scheme, schemes and run stand out and add context to how "kickback" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an alleged kickback scheme involving and a literal kickback. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kickback" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kickback
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ardent called this request a “kickback” in the lawsuit. (9 words)
You got that right – kickback is the correct word. (9 words)
This is a grift, a payout, a payoff, a literal kickback. (11 words)
Instead it is the 4-level bid immediately above the agreed trump suit; i.e.: Kickback has the advantage that it saves bidding space and, especially for minor-suit fits, provides safety at the 5-level if the required key cards are missing. (43 words)
In an hour long speech, Lula called himself “an outraged citizen” over his conviction, saying that Brazil’s top anti-corruption judge, Sergio Moro, “lied” about him being given the apartment by a big construction firm as a kickback. (39 words)
Ikeda allegedly received a kickback of some 48 million yen ($330,000), the largest among the LDP faction of the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which is at the centre of the scandal, NHK said. (36 words)
Hmmm, was there a kickback for the “mayor” in the works too? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
He spent seven years in a federal prison after being convicted of 16 felonies, including bribery, extortion, racketeering, and conspiracy, stemming from kickback schemes when he was mayor.
Lightfoot lead foot kickback run Chicago has nothing on New York Since Giuliani left office.
The Brooklyn house was raided on Thursday morning as part of an investigation into an alleged kickback scheme involving the Turkish government, a university in Washington DC, and a Brooklyn construction company.
This has led Epiq to expand this model for antitrust matters to a wide range of global investigatory matters, including white collar and corporate crime, false claims and anti-kickback, and anti-bribery and corruption.
This is a grift, a payout, a payoff, a literal kickback.
Ikeda allegedly received a kickback of some 48 million yen ($330,000), the largest among the LDP faction of the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which is at the centre of the scandal, NHK said.
A series of court records outlines the $3 million-plus theft and kickback scheme.
Ardent called this request a “kickback” in the lawsuit.
Betting figures, too, have been on the decline but the Moonee Valley Racing Club will get a sizeable kickback from the Japan tote due to them betting on Lys Gracieux.
Hmmm, was there a kickback for the “mayor” in the works too?
Mr. Drumheller, the suit said, worked to conceal the kickback portion of the scheme from Newcastle Realty Services.
This was clear graft, payback, kickback, corruption, parasites descending after the violent seizure of the state.
But Modric also faces perjury charges at home related to an alleged kickback scheme involving a powerful soccer executive.
In an hour long speech, Lula called himself “an outraged citizen” over his conviction, saying that Brazil’s top anti-corruption judge, Sergio Moro, “lied” about him being given the apartment by a big construction firm as a kickback.
The recent raids indicate the government is not done cracking down on testing labs and compounding pharmacies, which have been a focus of kickback investigations nationwide for the past few years.
The system was a form of kickback, Forney claimed, because it allowed doctors to avoid hiring their own staff.
You got that right – kickback is the correct word.
Because the Kickback bid would otherwise be a control bid, 4NT is usually substituted as the control bid in that suit (e.
Instead it is the 4-level bid immediately above the agreed trump suit; i.e.: Kickback has the advantage that it saves bidding space and, especially for minor-suit fits, provides safety at the 5-level if the required key cards are missing.
Kickback clutch-brakes These mechanisms were found in some types of synchronous-motor-driven electric clocks.
Common combinations with kickback
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: