earn out (English, verb)
expansion: earn out (third-person singular simple present earns out, present participle earning out, simple past and past participle earned out or earnt out)
Senses:
topics: business
glosses: To qualify for a bonus or other amount of money that has been promised.
topics: authorship
broadcasting
communications
film
journalism
literature
media
publishing
television
writing
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.
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