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payola
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun payola has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
payola, n. esp. US 1 a bribe offered in return for unofficial promotion of a product etc. in the media.
2 the practice of such bribery.
2 the practice of such bribery.
Etymology
PAY(1) + -ola as in Victrola, make of gramophone
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