All backhander synonyms

noun backhander

• bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
• rake-off — a share or amount taken or received illicitly, as in connection with a public enterprise.
• kickback — a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical.
• sweetener — something that sweetens, as sugar or a low-calorie synthetic product used instead of sugar.
• incentive — something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
• payment — something that is paid; an amount paid; compensation; recompense.
• carrot — Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
• favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
• favour — to regard with favor: to favor an enterprise.