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The correct spelling is clawbacks.
How to pronounce clawbacks
noun
Say it like: Cla-wba-ks
The correct spelling is clawbacks. 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. For example: "The airline got a clawback provision in the event of failure of the engines to meet fuel-consumption targets."
Usage Examples
“The airline got a clawback provision in the event of failure of the engines to meet fuel-consumption targets.”
Definition
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision.
- 3.Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine.
- 4.A flatterer or sycophant.
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