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earnouts

earnouts is the plural of earnout.

Meaning of earnout

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

Questions about earnouts

What is earnouts the plural of?
Earnouts is the plural of earnout.

Words near earnouts in the dictionary

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

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