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Reserve Clause

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Noun

1. reserve clause

a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration

Example Sentences:
'the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Reserve Clause

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a condition in the contracts of professional baseball players, allowing team owners to extend expired contracts for one additional year

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Reserve Clause

see synonyms of reserve clause
n.
A clause formerly included in the contract of a professional athlete that allowed the automatic extension of the contract for a year beyond its expiration, thus binding the player to the organization until release, retirement, or a trade.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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