"earn out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "earns out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earning out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earned out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earned out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earnt out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earnt out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "earnt out"
      },
      "expansion": "earn out (third-person singular simple present earns out, present participle earning out, simple past and past participle earned out or earnt out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Business",
          "orig": "en:Business",
          "parents": [
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, US Independent Agencies and Commissions, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26, Internal Revenue, Pt. 1",
          "text": "Such amounts are payable in succeeding years but only if earned out by the employee by continuing service to M, at the rate of Math of the amount of the first installment for each complete month of service.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To qualify for a bonus or other amount of money that has been promised."
      ],
      "id": "en-earn_out-en-verb-of9lIEsb",
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business) To qualify for a bonus or other amount of money that has been promised."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Richard Curtis, Mastering the Business of Writing",
          "text": "Until the total of advances in that contract has been earned out by royalties from any or all books in that contract, the author will not receive additional royalties.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-earn_out-en-verb-MO52tGI7",
      "links": [
        [
          "advance",
          "advance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "authorship",
        "broadcasting",
        "communications",
        "film",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "television",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "earn out"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "earns out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earning out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earned out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earned out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earnt out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earnt out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "earnt out"
      },
      "expansion": "earn out (third-person singular simple present earns out, present participle earning out, simple past and past participle earned out or earnt out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Business"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, US Independent Agencies and Commissions, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26, Internal Revenue, Pt. 1",
          "text": "Such amounts are payable in succeeding years but only if earned out by the employee by continuing service to M, at the rate of Math of the amount of the first installment for each complete month of service.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To qualify for a bonus or other amount of money that has been promised."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business) To qualify for a bonus or other amount of money that has been promised."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Richard Curtis, Mastering the Business of Writing",
          "text": "Until the total of advances in that contract has been earned out by royalties from any or all books in that contract, the author will not receive additional royalties.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "advance",
          "advance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "authorship",
        "broadcasting",
        "communications",
        "film",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "television",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "earn out"
}