picture payment
n.— «In addition, Chiluba received “picture payments” from Zambia National Bank, London in the sum of US$64,726.58, the term “picture payments” being coined by bank staff because of Chiluba’s portrait in the bank.» —“Govt Sues Katoto for Defrauding Zambia of $35m” by Noel Sichalwe The Post (Lusaka, Zambia) Mar. 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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