(slang) Butter.

(idiomatic) To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.

plural of grease spot

(informal) A minute remnant, humorously the only distinguishable remains of an antagonist after a fight. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see grease, spot.

(slang) Alternative form of cow grease (“butter”)

Alternative spelling of elbow grease

(historical) A man employed in metalworking to dip sheets of tin in hot tallow to remove excess tin.

plural of grease boy

plural of dielectric grease

(chiefly US, idiomatic, business, law, ethics) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.