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earnout

earnout noun: a formula by which the management of a company earns a share of the company's share capital by achieving results above pre-determined levels.

Noun

earnout (plural earnouts)

  1. A formula by which the management of a company earns a share of the company's share capital by achieving results above pre-determined levels.
    • The earnout was definitely getting in the way of running Skype the way we wanted to run it.2007 October 18, Brad Stone, “EBay Reports 3rd-Quarter Growth, With Some Blemishes”, in New York Times

Forms of earnout

pluralearnouts

Origin of earnout

From earn + out.

Questions about earnout

What does earnout mean?
Earnout means a formula by which the management of a company earns a share of the company's share capital by achieving results above pre-determined levels.
What part of speech is earnout?
Earnout is a noun.
What is the plural of earnout?
The plural of earnout is earnouts.

Words near earnout in the dictionary

  1. earnings misses
  2. earnings power
  3. earnings powers
  4. earnings season
  5. earnings seasons
  6. earnout
  7. earnouts
  8. earns
  9. earns a crust
  10. earns one's corn
  11. earns one's crust

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