Clawback
1. Previously given monies or benefits that are taken back due to specially arising circumstances.
2. A retraction of stock prices or of the market in general.
Investopedia Commentary
1. Purchasing certain investments provides taxable benefits contingent upon holding periods. When you sell these investments before they have maturity, the benefits must be returned.
2. In Layman's terms, a fall in a stock price right after an increase is called a clawback of the price.
See also: Sell-Off
clawback
A provision in an incentive stock option that requires an employee to reimburse the company for any gains from exercising options in the event the employee goes to work for a direct competitor within a specified number of months of exercise.
Excessive management share of profits that must be refunded to investors of a venture capital fund. A clawback is required when managers of a venture capital fund take a contractual share of early investment gains that are subsequently reduced by losses.