hakupalkka

Finnish

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Definitions
  • (informal) A type of middleman fee, i.e. a fee one earns by fetching goods to someone who does not have access to those goods themselves (e.g. alcohol and/or tobacco to a minor).

Etymology

Compound from Finnish haku (search, act of filing an application, fetch) + Finnish palkka (salary, wage, pay, compensation, remuneration, of salary, income).

Origin

Finnish

palkka

Gloss

salary, wage, pay, compensation, remuneration, of salary, income

Concept
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Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

払

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