Idiom Focus: Business Idioms 12

Every Saturday I’ll give you a couple of idioms to learn. An idiom is a saying or phrase whose meaning cannot be taken from the literal meanings of the words.

bail (someone/something) out: rescue someone (or a company) with financial problems by providing for their debt.

Example:

Many people object to the idea that public tax money should be used to bail out private companies, like auto manufacturers and banks.

kickback: a kind of bribe for conducting business with a favored vendor or contractor, paid like a commission for the bribe taker.

Example:

The contractor gave the building inspector a kickback every time he cited a building owner for code violations and then directed them to ABC Remodeling to get the problem fixed.

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