Definitions
finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
Word origin
Deverbal from claw back. In the financial senses, refers to something being "clawed back", or reclaimed; in the sense of a flatterer, it suggests the idea of a person's back being scratched (see scratch someone's back).
Used in a sentence
“The airline got a clawback provision in the event of failure of the engines to meet fuel-consumption targets.”
“Take hede of theſe claubackes, theſe venemous people that wil come to you, that will folowe like Gnatoes and Paraſites, if you folowe them, you are oute of your boke.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Recovery of paid money”8 letters
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