PAYOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does payola mean? 

• PAYOLA (noun)
  The noun PAYOLA has 1 sense:

1. a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record

  Familiarity information: PAYOLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAYOLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("payola" is a kind of...):

bribe; payoff (payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment)