spiff

Meanings

Noun

• Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
• A well-dressed man; a swell.
• 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.
• Alternative of spliff

Verb

• (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
• To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.
• To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product)
• To throw; to heave.

Related

Similar words

• spruce (as in spruce up)