clawback
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claw·back
(klô′băk′)n.
The recovery of money that has been disbursed, as by a government, pension, or company.
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Noun | 1. | clawback - finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received" regaining, restitution, restoration, return - getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" 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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