Earlier term for – a customary payment on special occasions, such as the local custom in some places of the godfather of a baptizand presenting a gift of money to the clergyman, or – a fee, as especially for an academic examination (academic examination, university examination). – Today still partly said for the bribe, unknown in this country, in the meaning payment to officials to gain a personal advantage. – See bed money, douceur, draufgeld, money-paying gesture, gratuist, hand money, rebate, transaction bonus, tip.
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