boot money

noun

1. informal,  unofficial bonuses in the form of illegal cash payments made by a professional sports club to its players

Example Sentences

Players were sometimes given secret payments, often known as "boot" money, for their services, but the RFU - taking the lead on amateurism across world rugby - did not police these payments as strictly in Wales as they had in Yorkshire and Lancashire.

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If you like to dabble in winter activities, invest your boot money in a versatile pair that can do it all and take you to apres-ski as well.

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The “boot money ’ was my way of planning for the days ahead.

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Without touching my boot money, I took out two silver dollars and some change in my pocket.

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Then I didn’t have to touch my boot money, the money I was saving for rough times.

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