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Meaning of CLAWBACK

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 Definition: [n]  (British) 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"
 
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 See Also: regaining, restitution, restoration, return

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Claw"back`\, n.
    A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] ``Take heed of these
    clawbacks.'' --Latimer.
    
  2. \Claw"back`\, a.
    Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.]
          Like a clawback parasite.                --Bp. Hall.
    
  3. \Claw"back`\, v. t.
    To flatter. [Obs.] --Warner.
    
 
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