Noun
A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party but to which the other party would not have been entitled.
Usage- US usage
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- Uncountable
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Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision.
Usage- US usage
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- Uncountable
Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine.
Usage- US usage
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- Uncountable
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The airline got a clawback provision in the event of failure of the engines to meet fuel-consumption targets.
A flatterer or sycophant.
Usage- Countable
- Obsolete
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Noun
finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
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the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received