# earn out

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To qualify for a bonus or other amount of money that has been promised.
2. 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/earn-out