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Recoupment, backend & participation · Specialist

Recoupment waterfall

Also called: waterfall

ELI5

The ordered rules determining how project revenues are applied and distributed.

Used in conversation

“The agreement should state recoupment waterfall clearly.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Recoupment waterfall” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.