Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, payments made with the knowledge that any portion of the payment is to be passed along to a foreign official for a prohibited purpose under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act are known as:

bribes

Explanation:

Bribes -

It refers to a illegal practice of giving , receiving , any item or monetary value in return to initiate any illegal task or hasten the process of any legal duty , is referred to as bribes .

The method is very commonly observed in the government sector , where bribes are given to initiate any illegal activity , with proper legal rights .

Any type of discount of the services is not consider to be  bribe .

Hence , from the given scenario of the question ,

The correct answer is bribe .

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