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exit clauses

exit clauses is the plural of exit clause.

Meaning of exit clause

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

Questions about exit clauses

What is exit clauses the plural of?
Exit clauses is the plural of exit clause.

Words near exit clauses in the dictionary

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

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