release clause

Buyout contract provision

A release clause is a contract provision allowing one party to exit the agreement under specified conditions.

In employment contracts, especially professional sports, it sets a price at which a player can leave for another team: His release clause was set at fifty million euros.

In real estate, a release clause lets a seller remove individual parcels from a blanket mortgage as they're sold.

In publishing, it may specify when rights revert to an author.

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termination · transfer · transfer fee · fee · free agent · negotiation · freedom · exit · obligation · legal obligation · waiver · penalty · soccer · player · agent · binding · trigger · activation

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Opposites
contractual freedom vs. binding obligation

release clausenon-compete clause

Employment contract work limitation

golden handcuffs · restrictive covenant · binding agreement · no-trade clause · buyout clause

flexibility vs. restriction

release clausepenalty clause

Agreement's breach cost provision

termination fee · restraint of trade

contract termination vs. contract extension

release clauseautomatic renewal

Subscription that perpetuates itself

contract extension

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release, clause, releases, released, releasing, releaser, clauses, lease, leases

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