spiff

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Neat, smartly dressed, attractive.

   ““Hah spiff he is to dāay!—he mud be bown tul a wedding!” “He’s spiff eniff for’t!””

2. isim Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.

   “Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.”

3. isim A well-dressed man; a swell.
4. isim A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.

   “The premium takes the form of a commission on goods sold. In some places it is a small premium, or in trade parlance a “spiff” on certain articles, and on others on the amount of sales.”

5. isim Alternative form of spliff (“hand-rolled marijuana cigarette”).

   “She rolled a spiff for us as she spoke, sifting the ganja between her fingers […]”

6. fiil (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)

   “Oh, but we flatter ourselves that we are spiffed out; at all events, we've got our best dresses on.”

7. fiil To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.

   “It is my confirmed belief that, spiffed or not, the salesman is the consumer's best-qualified and best- informed source of assistance in matters of component selection.”

8. fiil To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product)

   “It wasn't my fault if the blamed old store caught fire and gave me a chance to help Ferguson move out some of the stuff that has been 'spiffed' till it looks like red ink had been spilled all over the price-tags.”