Earnout

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"The earnout was definitely getting in the way of running Skype the way we wanted to run it."

Etymology

From earn + out.

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