'baksheesh' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is the noun form of the verb 'baksheesh', and it is a noun used to describe a tip or payment given to someone, usually in a non-western culture, as a gesture of thanks. Example sentence: The traveler left a baksheesh for the hotel staff as a thank-you for their hospitality.
Transparency International, an independent organisation that blows the whistle on baksheesh, has branches in more than 60 mostly poor countries.Most recently, the World Bank, a major player in the developing world, has placed anti-graft efforts near the top of its agenda.
The firm has had a positive cashflow since September 2007.In this section A suitable business Bavarian baksheesh America's car industry Play on Keep it simple Santa's happy helper Reprints Related items Video games: Play onDec 18th 2008 Board game: Credit CrunchDec 18th 2008Another casual-gaming firm doing well at the moment is PopCap Games, the maker of classics such as "Bejeweled" and "Peggle".
Buckshee ("unwanted" or "for free") was born as baksheesh, a tip.
In the past, this has usually meant locking up a few big shots from the previous regime, which may not necessarily have curbed baksheesh but was a handy way of getting rid of potential rivals.This was why Britain refused to extradite Umaru Dikko, the man in charge of the notoriously corrupt rice task force under President Shehu Shagari.
"People felt confident that they were doing nothing wrong .In this section A suitable business Bavarian baksheesh America's car industry Play on Keep it simple Santa's happy helper Reprints Related items German tax scandals: The disgrace of Germany AGFeb 21st 2008Even when they knew they were doing wrong, they could not break the habit.
(Note: a correction was added on August 4th).IT started with this article in Le Monde: "En Russie, la lutte anticorruption sourit aux bakchichs" ("In Russia, the fight against corruption smiles on baksheesh").
Like baksheesh and refresco, or like another Spanish euphemism, mordida ("bite"), it is presumably meant both to be vague and to imply that only a small amount is at stake.
This extrapolates to about $2.5 billion worth of baksheesh nationally every year: roughly as large as Afghanistan's opium economy, and a quarter of licit economic output.
"Unless we start training the Afghan people that baksheesh is wrong, there will always be expectations".In this section The flying elephant Lakes of whisky and perfume The sky's the limit Sun, sand and scalpels Manager, offshore thyself Out of a hole Beyond the egg Shining a light ReprintsIt may help that Roshan is 51% owned by the for-profit arm of the Aga Khan Development Network.
It has ordered Mr Zardari's government to apply to the Swiss authorities to reopen the money-laundering case against Mr Zardari and Ms Bhutto.In this section Bombs and baksheesh In disrepute Next year in Jaffna Out of the shadows Choppy waters On track for confrontation The books of slaughter and forgetting ReprintsPolitical pundits foresee the end of Mr Zardari's presidency.
