CLAWBACK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Domain region:

Britain; 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; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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