"cross someone's palm" meaning in English

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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1910 October 12, “Pay to See Barney Statue: Hindu Butler Reaping a Harvest from Washington's Curious Folk”, in New York Times, retrieved 2009-04-08, page 1:",
          "text": "For all who cross his palm with silver he condescends to lift the drapery that hides the reclining figure, and the larger the coin the longer the look.",
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          "ref": "1915, G. Harvey Ralphson, chapter 28, in Boy Scouts in Southern Waters:",
          "text": "\"I'd go into a trance and see if I could locate my chum.\" \"You don't have to do that,\" declared Arnold. \"Just cross my palm with a piece of silver and I'll locate him for you.\"",
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          "ref": "2004 May 9, A. C. Snow, “Wasted lives beckon us to look”, in News & Observer, USA, retrieved 2009-04-08:",
          "text": "After crossing his palm with a donation, I felt entitled at least to ask where he was from.",
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        "To pay for goods or a service."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To pay for goods or a service."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "grease someone's palm"
        }
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        {
          "word": "cross someone's palm with silver"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "voidella"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "farsi predire il futuro"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "elargire denaro"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "donare"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pozolotítʹ rúčku",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "позолоти́ть ру́чку /lit:gild the hand/"
        }
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      "form": "crossing someone's palm",
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      "form": "crossed someone's palm",
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        "To pay for goods or a service."
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        "(idiomatic) To pay for goods or a service."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cross someone's palm with silver"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "voidella"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "word": "farsi predire il futuro"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "word": "elargire denaro"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "donare"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozolotítʹ rúčku",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "позолоти́ть ру́чку /lit:gild the hand/"
    }
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  "word": "cross someone's palm"
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