boot moneyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

boot money (uncountable)

1. (sports, slang) Bribes paid to rugby or soccer players.
   • 2000, Frank Galligan, Advanced PE for Edexcel (page 240)

     In New Zealand and South Africa, as well as in Australia, rugby, for many years the subject of allegations of under-the-counter payments and 'boot money', now also has a central position in the professionally orientated sporting establishment.

   • 2001, Keir Radnedge, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer

     For years, the little tax-free extras or inducements took the form of “boot money” – a few notes left surreptitiously in a player's boot […]