hush money

3 definitions found

hush money - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hush \Hush\, n.
     Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night."
     --Byron.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the
        disclosure of facts. --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]

hush money - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hush money
      n 1: a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept
           secret

hush money - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "hush money":
     account, allowance, assessment, bill, blackmail, blood money,
     boodle, bribe, bribe money, emolument, fee, footing, gratification,
     gratuity, initiation fee, mileage, payoff, payola, protection,
     reckoning, retainer, retaining fee, scot, sop, stipend, tribute