clawback

ˈklɔːbæk

Definition

Definition of clawback - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

business

TECH.

recovery of payment after discovering false performance

TECH.

The company issued a clawback of the bonuses.

recovery

reimbursement

restitution

taxation

TECH.

money taken back by another tax provision

TECH.

The clawback affected his tax refund significantly.

recoupment

recovery

legal

TECH.

rule allowing retrieval of mistakenly shared evidence

TECH.

The lawyer invoked a clawback to retrieve the documents.

reclamation

recovery

retrieval

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Origin of clawback

English, claw (to seize) + back (again)

Examples of clawback in a sentence

Investors demanded a clawback of the misallocated funds.
The clawback reduced the company's profits.
A clawback was applied to the bonus payments.
The firm faced a clawback after the error.
A clawback was necessary to correct the oversight.

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French:reprise, récupération, ...
German:Rückforderung, Rückgriff, ...
Italian:recupero, recupero fiscale, ...
Spanish:recuperación, recuperación fiscal, ...
Portuguese:recuperação, reversão de prova, ...
Chinese:追回款, 税款追回, ...
Japanese:返還, 税金の還付金, ...
Arabic:اِسْتِرْداد, اِسْتِرْداد ضَرِيبِي, ...
Hebrew:הֶחְזֵר, הַחְזָרָה, ...
Russian:возврат, право на возврат, ...
Ukrainian:повернення, вилучення, ...
Hindi:वसूली, धनवापसी, ...
Bengali:ক্লব্যাক, প্রত্যাহার, ...
Catalan:recuperació, reversió, ...
Czech:zpětné vymáhání, odnětí, ...
Danish:tilbagebetaling, tilbagekrav, ...
Dutch:terugvordering, terughaalactie, ...
Greek:ανάκτηση πληρωμής, ανάκτηση, ...
Hungarian:visszakövetelés, elvonás, ...
Khmer:ការទាមទារប្រាក់ដែលបានបើករួចមកវិញ, ការដកប្រាក់ត្រឡប់វិញ, ...
Korean:환수, 환수된 돈, ...
Persian:بازیابی, بازپس‌گیری, ...
Polish:odzyskanie, odzyskanie podatku, ...
Portuguese (BR):estorno, recuperação fiscal, ...
Romanian:recuperare, clawback, ...
Swedish:återkrav, återtagande, ...
Thai:การเรียกคืน, การเรียกคืนเงิน, ...
Turkish:geri alma, vergi iadesi kesintisi, ...
Vietnamese:việc thu hồi, khoản thu hồi, ...

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