Indirect costs — are costs that are not directly accountable to a cost object (such as a particular function or product). Indirect costs may be either fixed or variable. Indirect costs include taxes, administration, personnel and security costs, and are also… … Wikipedia
indirect bounty — A bounty indirectly paid by the government by the remission of taxes upon the exportation of articles which are subjected to a tax when sold or consumed in the country of their production, of which the laws permitting distillers of spirits to… … Ballentine's law dictionary
subsidy — /sub si dee/, n., pl. subsidies. 1. a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like. 2. a sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to… … Universalium
payola — noun Etymology: 1pay + ola (as in Pianola, trademark for a player piano) Date: 1938 undercover or indirect payment (as to a disc jockey) for a commercial favor (as for promoting a particular recording) … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Solidarism — There are presently four distinct uses of the term Solidarism:*Solidarism is applied to the sociopolitical thought advanced by Emile Durkheim which is loosely applied to a leading social philosophy operative during and within the French Third… … Wikipedia
Charles Quarles — (d. 1727), organist, is of unknown parentage and background, though it is assumed, on account of his profession and unusual name, that he was the son of Charles Quarles (d. 1717), organist of Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed organist… … Wikipedia
payola — pay·o·la /pā ō lə/ n: a secret or indirect payment (as to a disc jockey) for a commercial favor (as for promoting a particular record) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
payola — noun informal, especially AmE 1 (singular) a secret or indirect payment made to someone who uses their influence to make people buy what your company is selling compare bribe 2 2 (U) the practice of giving or taking these payments … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shamateur — Person claiming to be amateur (esp. in sport) but in fact receiving indirect payment … A concise dictionary of English slang
plugola — ☆ plugola [plə gō′lə ] n. [ PLUG, n. 10 + (PAY)OLA] Slang 1. undercover or indirect payment, as to a performer, TV announcer, etc., for a commercial favor (as for favorably mentioning or displaying a particular product or brand name) 2. free… … English World dictionary