| 释义 |
payola colloq. (orig. U.S.).|peɪˈəʊlə|
[f. pay n. or v.1 + -ola.]
A secret or indirect payment or bribe to a person to use his position, influence, etc., to promote a commercial product, service, etc.; spec. such a payment to a disc-jockey for ‘plugging’ a record or song.
1938Variety 19 Oct. 41 (heading) Plug payolas perplexed. Ibid., The payola element had made their deals with bandleaders on the expectation that they continue to get 19c, thereby making it profitable to do business with the plug at a rate of around 10c a point. 1953Time 23 Feb. 56/3 A world where cut-ins (giving a performer a share of a song's profits), hot stoves (open bribes) and other forms of payola were standing operating procedure. 1958S. Ellin Eighth Circle (1959) ii. vii. 84 The unerring way he gravitated toward the graft, the payola, the swindle. 1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iii. 61 They got the contracts. All drawn up in most kosher fashion, Manfred. If there was payola in there, I doubt it got written down. 1969N. Cohn AWopBopaLooBop (1970) v. 51 There was a huge scandal about in 1959, the payola fuss, and a lot of people came crashing down. 1969[see dropsy n. 4]. 1972P. Black Biggest Aspidistra i. iii. 30 Gramophone records began to take over from sheet music and presented fresh temptations... Plugging re-emerged under the name of payola. 1974Guardian 5 Nov. 7/2 Miss Squires and Mr Dabbs appeared in the dock together accused of ‘payola’ corruption. 1974Daily Tel. 18 Nov. 6/1 There is growing talk of abuse of power by leading figures within the country's political establishment..at the expense of both Western businessmen and of the Kenyan people, involving payola for ‘services rendered’. 1976Observer 7 Nov. 1/6 (heading) Lockheed payola. A Spanish air force general and a colonel secretly managed the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's sales in Spain and earned commissions worth {pstlg}170,000 each. 1977Time 31 Jan. 13/1 In the process of popularizing their products, the competing firms created a payola monster. They began slipping money as well as footwear to the stars of their choice. |