"earn out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: earns out [present, singular, third-person], earning out [participle, present], earned out [participle, past], earned out [past], earnt out [participle, past], earnt out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=earnt out}} earn out (third-person singular simple present earns out, present participle earning out, simple past and past participle earned out or earnt out)
  1. (business) To qualify for a bonus or other amount of money that has been promised. Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-earn_out-en-verb-of9lIEsb Topics: business
  2. (authorship) To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received.
    Sense id: en-earn_out-en-verb-MO52tGI7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Topics: authorship, broadcasting, communications, film, journalism, literature, media, publishing, television, writing

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2006, US Independent Agencies and Commissions, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26, Internal Revenue, Pt. 1:",
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        "(business) To qualify for a bonus or other amount of money that has been promised."
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