Synonyms for payola


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pey-oh-luh
Phonetic Transcription : peɪˈoʊ lə


Définition of payola

Origin :
  • "graft" (especially to disc jockeys from record companies to play their music), 1938 (in a "Variety" headline), from pay off "bribery" (underworld slang from 1930) + ending from Victrola, etc. (see pianola). Cf. also plugola (1959), from plug (n.) in the advertising sense.
  • noun bribe

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