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Glossary
48 terms that recur across the country and city pages, defined without euphemism. Includes statutory names, jurisdiction- specific vocabulary (soapland, room salon, one-woman brothel, yellow card), industry vocabulary (bar fine, KTV, fuzoku), and named organisations (DSC Clinic, Empower Foundation, SWASH, COSWAS).
Showing 1 term in Philippines, Thailand.
bar finePhilippines, ThailandEnglish (regional)
Compensation paid to a bar by a customer to take a worker out of the venue. Functions as the bar's payment for losing the worker's table time. The worker is then negotiated with separately on personal terms.
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