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kickback

noun
  1. A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.

  2. A covert – often illegal – payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction.

  3. (machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.

Synonymskicker

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