Sentence examples for speed money from inspiring English sources

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Those randomized into the third group – the speed money treatment – paid a bribe to a local official via a middleman.

This is known as "speed money," though it would more accurate to call it a "somewhat-less-slow toll".

Jobs with opportunities for extortion are sought after and a slice of the profits funnelled up the ranks.Firms offer "speed money" to avoid red tape.

But a daunting array of permits — more than 40 are required for a typical supermarket selling a range of products — pushes retailers to pay so-called "speed money" through middlemen or local partners to set up shop.

In a country where elaborate bureaucracies make it hard to start companies, import or export goods, or simply get a passport, bribes can cut through red tape, serving as what's called "speed money".

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras of Greece, who is struggling to hold together an increasingly fragile coalition, hopes that a final push by Athens to tie up loose ends could help speed money for the two-year extension to the country's fiscal adjustment period.

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No-one has ever done that". It is not just technical innovation that's required to reach these astonishing speeds - money is also needed.

Speed meant money.

Speed equals money, as they are paid by the bucketful rather than by the hour.

But Formula One is a Mac compared with Indycar's PC -- more proprietary technology, more speed, more money.

Pit crew members can earn more than $100,000 a year — the byproduct of a sport in which speed equals money.

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