Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kick_back

1 sense of kickback

Sense 1
kickback -- (a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction)
       => bribe, payoff -- (payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb kick_back

2 senses of kick back

Sense 1
kick back -- (pay a kickback; make an illegal payment)
       => pay -- (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please")

Sense 2
kick back, recoil, kick -- (spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder")
       => bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet -- (spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide")