claw back
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claw-back — «KL BAK», noun. British. retrieval by the government of money spent on benefits and allowances by imposing additional taxes … Useful english dictionary
claw back — transitive verb ( s) chiefly Britain : to get back (as money) by strenuous or forceful means (as taxation) increases for farm spending … will have to be clawed back Economist • clawback ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun chiefly Britain * * * claw back [phrasal… … Useful english dictionary
claw back — UK US claw (sth) back Phrasal Verb with claw({{}}/klɔː/ verb ► STOCK MARKET if a share price claws back, or claws back a particular amount, it slowly increases after it has gone down: »The firm clawed back 15p of Monday s 60p decline to reach… … Financial and business terms
claw back — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone claws back some of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again. [BRIT] [V P n (not pron)] They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt... [V P n (not pron)] In the meantime his… … English dictionary
claw back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms claw back : present tense I/you/we/they claw back he/she/it claws back present participle clawing back past tense clawed back past participle clawed back British a) to get something again that you had lost… … English dictionary
claw back — /ˌklɔ: bæk/ verb to take back money which has been allocated ● Income tax claws back 25% of pensions paid out by the government. ● Of the £1m allocated to the project, the government clawed back £100,000 in taxes … Dictionary of banking and finance
claw back — transitive verb Date: 1953 chiefly British to get back (as money) by strenuous or forceful means (as taxation) • clawback noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
claw back — Retrieve (usu. of money to be recovered in the course of business) … A concise dictionary of English slang
claw — [klɔː ǁ klɒː] verb claw back phrasal verb 1. [transitive] claw something → back FINANCE if a company claws back shares, it takes back new shares that it had offered to its present shareholders, but they do not want to buy, and offers them to… … Financial and business terms
Claw crane — Claw game redirects here. For the computer game, see Claw (computer game). Skill Crane redirects here. For the SpongeBob SquarePants episode, see SpongeBob SquarePants (season 4). The glass front of a claw crane A claw crane (also called a… … Wikipedia
