clawback

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Synonyms: claw back, clapback, drawback, blowback, playback, flowback, slowback, layback, claybank, clawbacks, claws back

Antonyms: claw back, clapback, drawback, blowback, playback, flowback, slowback, layback, claybank, clawbacks, claws back

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|US|_|legal|_|of evidence}} A rule that permits a party to take back [[evidentiary]] materials that were [[mistake]]nly turned over to the other party but to which the other party would not have been [[entitle]]d.
2. {{lb|en|US|_|taxation|_|legal}} Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision.
3. {{lb|en|US|business}} Any recovery of a [[performance]]-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not [[genuine]].
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[flatterer]] or [[sycophant]].

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