Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The recovery of money that has been disbursed, as by a government, pension, or company.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fawn on; curry favor with.
- noun . Literally, one who claws the back; hence, one who fawns on another; a sycophant; a wheedler.
- noun Same as
back-scratcher , 1. - Flattering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Flattering; sycophantic.
- transitive verb obsolete To flatter.
- noun obsolete A flatterer or sycophant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A rule that permits a party to take back
evidentiary materials that weremistakenly turned over to the other party, but to which the other party would not have beenentitled . - noun Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision, but which is taken from them by another tax provision.
- noun US, business Any recovery of a
performance -related payment based on discovery that the performance was notgenuine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term clawback'' is bandied about more these days because of the preponderance of Ponzi schemes that have collapsed in recent years.
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In the language of failed businesses, those calls are termed a "clawback" effort.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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(But never any suggestion of "clawback" -- or getting back the profits that were made while creating the catastrophe.)
Dave Johnson: Finance, Mine, Oil & Debt Disasters: THIS Is Deregulation 2010
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(But never any suggestion of "clawback" -- or getting back the profits that were made while creating the catastrophe.)
Dave Johnson: Finance, Mine, Oil & Debt Disasters: THIS Is Deregulation 2010
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Securities & Exchange Commission, the firm's board of directors on Dec. 18 adopted an executive incentive compensation recovery - or "clawback" - policy.
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2009
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Moreover, if demand from Hong Kong retail investors exceed certain levels, a rule known as a clawback requires that they be given a greater percentage of the offering.
Hong Kong's Fickle IPO Investors Prudence Ho 2011
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Mr. Becker's involvement potentially influenced whether investors who got money out of the Madoff operation before it was exposed could be shielded from so-called "clawback" lawsuits brought by those liquidating the Madoff estate.
The SEC's Ethics 2011
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To return money to investors who lost money, the trustee has filed so-called "clawback" suits against many "net winners"- people who got more out of Madoff accounts than they put in.
House Republicans press SEC on official's ties to Madoff 2011
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The clawback is the latest development in a trading scandal that continues to ripple through UBS.
A First for UBS: Bonus Clawbacks Deborah Ball 2012
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The bankruptcy trustee, however, filed a so-called clawback lawsuit against the bank that sought return of the money as ill-gotten gains.
O.J. Simpson Foreclosure: Bank Foreclosing On Florida Home Of Jailed Former NFL Star 2012
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“But now, with a public backlash against excessive pay and taxpayer lifelines extended to crippled companies, the idea of recouping compensation, known as “clawback,�? is gaining traction.�?
The New York Times, After Losses, a Move to Reclaim Executives’ Pay, by Gretchen Morgenson, February 21, 2009
February 22, 2009