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clawback

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Claw´back`
n.1.A flatterer or sycophant.
a.1.Flattering; sycophantic.
Like a clawback parasite.
- Bp. Hall.
v. t.1.To flatter.
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Noun1.clawback - 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"
regaining, restitution, restoration, return - getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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clawback [ˈklɔːˌbæk] n (of tax, duty) → recupero
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EUROPEAN Commission backing for the sell-off of North-east-based Northern Rock raised hopes today of a Government clawback of taxpayers' cash ploughed into the nationalised bank.
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I think the clawback mechanism is actually quite useful,' Bischoff told a Business for New Europe event on Thursday.
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There's got to be a clawback system in remuneration itself, so that if things are not working in year two then there is a clawback that is possible.
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