If someone claws back some of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again. They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt
If a government claws back money, it finds a way of taking money back from people that it gave money to in another way. The Chancellor will try to claw back £3.5 billion in next year's Budget
A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party, but to which the other party would not have been entitled
A practice whereby a pension scheme will offset an amount equivalent to the state pension against a target pension so as to arrive at the amount payable by the scheme If commission is paid to an intermediary by a financial institution for the introduction of business and this does not stay in force for a certain pre-determined period a part of the commission may be repayable to the institution This is known as 'clawback' The practice is more prevalent among insurance companies
A clawback obligation represents the general partner's promise that, over the life of the fund, the managers will not receive a greater share of the fund's distributions than they bargained for Generally, this means that the general partner may not keep distributions representing more than a specified percentage (e g , 20%) of the fund's cumulative profits, if any When triggered, the clawback will require that the general partner return to the fund's limited partners an amount equal to what is determined to be "excess" distributions Click here for more detail
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"
Terms of sale enabling the vendor to receive, in defined circumstances, a proportion of any subsequent profit made by the purchaser after sale - for example following the disposal of surplus land or other assets, or if the purchaser disposes of the business
[ 'klo ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu hoof, claw; akin to Old Norse klO claw, and probably to Old English cliewen ball; more at CLEW.