In older documents, extra money earned from trading in wetted goods. In earlier times, goods such as hay, grain, fruit, vegetables, wood or woven goods, which were usually sold by weight, were sprinkled with water with fraudulent intent, often only in the lower layers. The scales therefore showed a higher weight, which then justified a higher price (thus justifying a higher price) and consequently gave the seller a higher profit. – See Beschores, Finanz, Hohlgewinn, Rebbes, Schmu.
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