clawback
2
8.8
- noun
- /ˈklɔːˌbæk/
- Specialized
:
recuperación
- After the financial scandal, the board decided to initiate a clawback to regain funds that were improperly distributed.
- clawback provisions
Examples
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Personally, I've always thought the best clawback strategy would be a surtax on incomes over, say, $5 million.
Blog text (30) -
In response to that discovery, she offered up a payment equivalent to a two-year clawback.
Blog text (23) -
It's hard to get the other side to agree to clawback if they have no documents at risk.
Academic text (2007) -
Hopefully, the Fed can do a clawback before that happens because Congress has come to its senses.
Blog text (5) -
Parties also may enter into a type of "clawback" arrangement in which they agree to return documents mistakenly produced when they should have been excluded from discovery for privilege reasons.
Academic text (2007) -
Deferred incentive compensation that continues to vest after termination of employment will remain subject to the Citi clawbacks after termination of employment.
Blog text (21) -
Deferred incentive compensation awarded under DIRAP to any Citi employee, including the named executive officers, is subject to clawbacks (the Citi clawbacks).
Blog text (21) -
The company implemented a clawback policy to recover bonuses awarded to executives accused of wrongdoing.
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Investors are concerned that the new contracts include a clawback clause to reclaim bonuses based on inflated earnings.
Synonyms
38
6.9
Giving back something lost or paying money for damage
1
7.7
To get back money that you lost or paid out
How Severe
15
5.4
- Specialized
2
8.8
- Formal
160
2.9
321
2.8
- Specialized
40
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clawback paints a picture: it's like an animal's claw grabbing something and pulling it back ('to take back'), so a clawback is money taken back after it has already been paid.