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Meaning of "escape clause" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ESCAPE CLAUSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ESCAPE CLAUSE

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Escape clause is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ESCAPE CLAUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Escape clause

An escape clause is any clause, term, or condition in a contract that allows a party to that contract to avoid having to perform the contract. If an agreement was drawn up for the sale of a house, for example, the purchaser could include some kind of escape clause in the contract, which will allow him to "escape" from the contract without being liable for breach of contract.

Definition of escape clause in the English dictionary

The definition of escape clause in the dictionary is a clause in a contract freeing one of the parties from his obligations in certain circumstances.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ESCAPE CLAUSE

escape
escape artist
escape chute
escape cock
escape device
escape hatch
escape key
escape mechanism
escape pipe
escape plan
escape road
escape route
escape routine
escape shaft
escape valve
escape velocity
escape wheel
escaped
escapee
escapeless

WORDS THAT END LIKE ESCAPE CLAUSE

acceleration clause
applause
arbitration clause
because
clause
dependent clause
escalation clause
exclusion clause
final clause
grandfather clause
independent clause
main clause
noun clause
opt-out clause
penalty clause
relative clause
restrictive relative clause
saving clause
sub-clause
subordinate clause
sunset clause

Synonyms and antonyms of escape clause in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «escape clause» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ESCAPE CLAUSE

Find out the translation of escape clause to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of escape clause from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «escape clause» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

免责条款
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cláusula de escape
570 millions of speakers

English

escape clause
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भागने खंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تخلصي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пункт, освобождающий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cláusula de escape
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অব্যাহতির ধারা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clause de sauvegarde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melarikan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Escape-Klausel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

免責条項
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이스케이프 절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyegah klausa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thoát khỏi khoản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தப்பிக்கும் பிரிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुटण्याच्या कलम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kaçış maddesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clausola di salvaguardia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klauzula
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пункт , який звільняє
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clauză derogatorie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρήτρα διαφυγής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontsnap klousule
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

undantagsklausul
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flukt klausul
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of escape clause

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCAPE CLAUSE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about escape clause

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESCAPE CLAUSE»

Discover the use of escape clause in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to escape clause and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Escape Clause
Taking on a seemingly less stressful inmate homicide case for the governor, FDLE agent Bill Tasker encounters unexpected complications in the prison captain's unorthodox disciplinary practices, the psych ward's misplacement of mental ...
James O. Born, 2007
2
International Economics
SAFEGUARDS: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE In addition to the WTO addressing unfair trade practices, the United States itself has adopted a series of trade remedy laws designed to produce a fair trading environment for all parties engaging in ...
Robert Carbaugh, 2008
3
International Business Law and Its Environment
Article XIX of GATT 1947, known as the GATT escape clause, authorizes a country to take temporary corrective action to adjust import levels of a certain product and thus safeguard domestic industry. The escape clause is so named because it ...
Richard Schaffer, Filiberto Agusti, Beverley Earle, 2008
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The New Protectionism: Non-Tariff Barriers and Their Effects ...
Escape Clause Relief The escape clause mechanism, described in chapter 1, has existed in the United States since 1947. GATT Article 19 served as the basis for escape clause cases between 1947 and 1951, when the Trade Agreement ...
Fred Lazar, 1981
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Antidumping: How it Works and who Gets Hurt
U.S. trade remedy cases brought against cut flower imports fall into two broad periods: those during the 1970s, most of which were escape-clause cases, and those in the 1980s, which were mainly subsidy and dumping cases. ln the 1970s,  ...
J. M. Finger, Nellie T. Artis, 1993
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The Essential PROC SQL Handbook for SAS Users
Any single character or an expression that evaluates to a single character can be assigned as an escape character in an escape clause added to the LIKE condition. Tip: The specified escape character is valid only for the LIKE condition with ...
Katherine Prairie, 2005
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Handbook of International Economics
As to the first question, there are several important differences between antidumping and countervailing duty provisions and the escape clause found in GATT and other trade agreements. First and most obvious is the fact that antidumping and ...
Ronald Winthrop Jones, Gene M. Grossman, Peter B. Kenen, 1995
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Empirical Studies of Commercial Policy
We thus expect P4 to be negative under the Tokyo Round and zero under the escape-clause procedure. A complete listing of data sources is provided in the Appendix. While it is possible to obtain measures of ad valorem exclusions from the ...
Robert E. Baldwin, 2007
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The World Trading System: Law and Policy of International ...
It can be seen from the discussion in this section that the GATT escape clause can be quite easily abused or ignored. In any sort of strict juris- prudential sense, it is probably virtually impossible to determine with any degree of precision or ...
John Howard Jackson, 1997
10
Stempel on Insurance Contracts
Escape As with the pro rata-escape conflicts, many courts refuse to enforce the escape clause because it can so easily defeat or lower coverage and leave the policyholder underinsured. Some of these courts impose automatic proration.27 ...
Jeffrey W. Stempel, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESCAPE CLAUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term escape clause is used in the context of the following news items.
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No Down Payments Needed for VA Home Loans
... you sign with the seller or agent contains a “VA Option Clause,” which lets them know you'll be using a VA loan, as well as an escape clause, ... «Fox Business, Jul 15»
2
Oregon sign ordinance up for review
Slavney also noted that the current ordinance has an “escape clause” that allows the Village Board to grant a conditional use permit to allow a ... «Oregon Observer, Jul 15»
3
Transfers: Latest news, rumours and gossip for Liverpool FC in 2015 …
The Daily Star reports that the striker has a £32.5 million escape clause in his contract, a deal which still has two years to run, and that Villa ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Raheem Sterling fails to turn up to Liverpool training
... ago, when he handed in a transfer request, and hopes Liverpool will agree to pay the required £32.5million to trigger his escape clause. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Roy's ace highlight of the day
A flag competition is essentially mixed medal foursomes, but with an early escape clause for those who burn off too many shots too soon. «Cornish Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Evil NSA runs on saintly Linux, Apache, MySQL
If the latter, open source advocates may have their escape clause! ®. Sponsored: RAID: End of an era? Tips and corrections · 25 Comments ... «The Register, Jul 15»
7
Aston Villa warn Liverpool not to mess around in pursuit of £32.5m …
The striker has a £32.5m escape clause in his contract, a deal which still has two years to run, and Villa won't accept a penny less. They don't ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
8
Bob Hazen enjoying devil of a good time
Since Joe is a businessman, there are some negotiations and Joe gets an escape clause -- but will he use it? Will the lure of fame and success ... «Ellwood City Ledger, Jul 15»
9
Red bus card for Joey
Mizzi should publish it now because we need to see if there is an escape clause, fast. Having found no oil, Mizzi really lost his shirt over those ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
10
Fixed-term contracts, revisited
... entered into on behalf of a client involved a woman who was employed pursuant to a fixed-term contract that did not have an "escape clause. «Canadian HR Reporter, Jul 15»

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