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disgorgement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dɪsˈɡɔː(ɹ)dʒmənt/
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English disgorge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disgorgement From disgorge + -ment.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An act of disgorging (giving something up involuntarily).
    • All mentioned celebrities except for Soulja Boy and Austin Mahone agreed to pay a total of over $400,000 in disgorgement, interest and penalties to settle the charges, without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings. 2023 March 23, Maya Yang, “SEC charges celebrities including Lindsay Lohan over cryptocurrency endorsements”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

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Coordinates

clawback · malus