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CLAWBACK

Dictionary entry overview: What does clawback mean?

• CLAWBACK (noun)
The noun CLAWBACK has 1 sense:

1. finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way

Familiarity information: CLAWBACK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLAWBACK (noun)

Sense 1

clawback ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received

Hypernyms ("clawback" is a kind of...):

regaining; restitution; restoration; return (getting something back again)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

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