Explore Clawback through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like restitution or return. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Clawback meaning
- 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.
- Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision.
- Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine.
Synonyms of Clawback
Using Clawback
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision. | Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine.
- Useful related words include: restitution, return, restoration, regaining.
Context around Clawback
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clawback
- In this selection, "clawback" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, funding, potential, lower, measures and clause stand out and add context to how "clawback" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a funding clawback and a and a lower clawback he said. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clawback" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clawback
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Most labour economists would probably favour a lower clawback, he said. (11 words)
Oh wow – this is amazing, I just read up on the clawback. (12 words)
The government won’t clawback the business rates or levy windfall taxes on such businesses. (15 words)
If the fund is not spent or committed during this financial year then there is a risk of clawback which would result in the council funding the obsolete traffic signals equipment from the traffic signals maintenance budget. (37 words)
A briefing earlier this year for members of the council’s growth scrutiny committee suggested “under performance could result in a funding clawback and a budget pressure” for the local authority. (31 words)
If the client is eligible for the spousal credit, splitting EPI would add taxable income to the transferee spouse, resulting in a potential clawback of the spousal credit. (28 words)
Example sentences (8)
A briefing earlier this year for members of the council’s growth scrutiny committee suggested “under performance could result in a funding clawback and a budget pressure” for the local authority.
If the client is eligible for the spousal credit, splitting EPI would add taxable income to the transferee spouse, resulting in a potential clawback of the spousal credit.
If the fund is not spent or committed during this financial year then there is a risk of clawback which would result in the council funding the obsolete traffic signals equipment from the traffic signals maintenance budget.
The government won’t clawback the business rates or levy windfall taxes on such businesses.
Most labour economists would probably favour a lower clawback, he said.
Though it alone wouldn’t have stopped Amazon from receiving funds, it did include clawback measures.
In addition, it must be noted, many rights are subject to a limitation or clawback clause, whereby the absolute right provided for will not operate in certain situations.
Oh wow – this is amazing, I just read up on the clawback.