finder's fee
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A finder's fee is a payment made to someone who connects parties to a transaction or opportunity.
Real estate agents, recruiters, and business brokers earn finder's fees for bringing together buyers and sellers or employers and candidates: The headhunter charged a finder's fee equal to 20% of the first year's salary.
The term sometimes appears in informal arrangements between friends.
Directing someone elsewhere
- percentageProportion out of hundred
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- cutSeverance or reduction
share · kickback · bounty · remuneration · honorarium · premium · payout · earnings
Transaction intermediary for hire
- agentOne who acts independently
- intermediaryAgent linking two parties
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
go-between · matchmaker · negotiator · deal · arrangement · contract · mediation · representative
Impetus toward a goal
- inducementMotivating factor or offer
- enticementSomething that attracts
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
spur · lure · carrot · attraction · reward · impetus · persuasion · allurement
One who reconnoiters
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- headhunterOne who finds executives
- talent scoutRecruiter of promising performers
- recruiterOne who finds candidates
informant · sourcer · spotter · sleuth · networker · tipster · bird dog · searcher
Final stage of something
- escrowConditional third-party deposit
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
- purchase agreementBinding document for transactions
earnest money · closing costs · conveyancing · title search · property transfer · buyer's agent · seller's agent · deed
referral
Directing someone elsewhere
- percentageProportion out of hundred
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
cut · share · kickback · bounty · remuneration · honorarium · premium · payout · earnings · proceeds
broker
Transaction intermediary for hire
- agentOne who acts independently
- intermediaryAgent linking two parties
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
facilitator · go-between · matchmaker · negotiator · deal · arrangement · contract · mediation · representative · consultant
motivation
Impetus toward a goal
- inducementMotivating factor or offer
- enticementSomething that attracts
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
stimulus · spur · lure · carrot · attraction · reward · impetus · persuasion · allurement · temptation
scout
One who reconnoiters
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- headhunterOne who finds executives
- talent scoutRecruiter of promising performers
recruiter · informant · sourcer · spotter · sleuth · networker · tipster · bird dog · searcher · investigator
closing
Final stage of something
- escrowConditional third-party deposit
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
purchase agreement · earnest money · closing costs · conveyancing · title search · property transfer · buyer's agent · seller's agent · deed
- commissionssales commission, art commission, brokerage, royalty, override
- Money Gainsbonus, salary, wage, tip, tips
- windfallsjackpot, windfall, grand prize, big win, lottery win
- billingbilling, bill, invoices, payment, invoicing
- payoffsbribe, kickback, payoff, payola, baksheesh
- incentive paycash bonus, performance bonus, merit bonus, sales commission, commission structure
finder's feesalary
Fixed periodic employment payment
wages · base pay · annual salary · retainer · stipend