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kickback definition

☆ kick·back (-bak′)

noun

  1. Informal a sharp, violent reaction
  2. Slang
    1. a giving back of part of money received as payment, commission, etc., often as a result of coercion or an understanding
    2. the money so returned

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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