1
as in bonus
something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed
the clerk at Calcutta airport was clearly angling for a little cumshaw on the side
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as in bribe
something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision
the captain slipped the customs official his customary cumshaw at the Port of Shanghai
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As a bonus for new members, the travel bundle also comes with three months of unlimited streaming access to Pvolve’s library of over 1,500 classes.—
Maggie Ryan,
Flow Space,
10 Apr. 2025 -
In a regulatory filing on Thursday, Lionsgate disclosed that as of April the exec will receive an annual base salary of $1,200,000 with a target annual bonus that’s 85 percent of his base salary.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Funny thing how the businesses offering the bribes usually got off in those days.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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The longest-running plotline of The White Lotus finally reached its conclusion in the season 3 finale, with Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) deciding to take the bribe from Greg (Jon Gries).—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In the standard Dividend Discount Model, a stock is worth the sum of future dividends, discounted for the time value of money.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Philip Morris International provides global exposure and strong margins, while American Electric Power and WEC Energy Group deliver the stability of regulated utilities along with robust dividend growth.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Absent legislative action, the estate and gift tax exemption will revert to approximately $7 million per person in 2026 (down from nearly $14 million in 2025).—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Scroll on for some of the best gifts for moms ready to be wrapped and passed for Mother's Day.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
13 Apr. 2025
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This just-okay kids’ film — the sort trying to capitalize on the Harry Potter gravy train way after the fact — is set in the 1950s as a boy, Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), is sent to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) after his parents’ tragic death.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2025
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The city of Miami is one of the worst examples of how the gravy train works.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Cumshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cumshaw. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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