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exit clause

exit clause noun: a provision in a legal document or lease allowing a signatory or lessee to terminate the contract legally and usually without penalty under certain circumstances.

Noun

exit clause (plural exit clauses)

  1. A provision in a legal document or lease allowing a signatory or lessee to terminate the contract legally and usually without penalty under certain circumstances.
    • Eurosceptic Conservative MPs will still vote down the government’s Brexit deal even if Theresa May negotiates an exit clause from the Irish backstop, the former minister Steve Baker has insisted.2018 November 8, Heather Stewart, Daniel Boffey, “Tory Brexiters planning to reject deal even with backstop exit clause”, in The Guardian

Forms of exit clause

pluralexit clauses

Questions about exit clause

What does exit clause mean?
Exit clause means a provision in a legal document or lease allowing a signatory or lessee to terminate the contract legally and usually without penalty under certain circumstances.
What part of speech is exit clause?
Exit clause is a noun.
What is the plural of exit clause?
The plural of exit clause is exit clauses.

Words near exit clause in the dictionary

  1. exit
  2. exit bag
  3. exit bags
  4. exit ban
  5. exit bans
  6. exit clause
  7. exit clauses
  8. exit code
  9. exit codes
  10. exit fee
  11. exit fees

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