LAWin the UK, astatementin anagreement,especiallyone about usinglandorproperty, thatallowssomeone to end theagreementundercertainconditionsbefore it wouldnormallyend:Thecontractwas a two-yeardealwith abreakclauseafter oneyear.(Definition ofbreak clausefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbreak clause
break clauseIn an economic downturn dilapidations are also commonplace either during a lease term or if the tenant exercises abreakclause.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The contract was due to run until 2013, but the government invoked a six-monthbreakclause.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was 13 months before they realised that the agreement did not contain abreakclause.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Can he say whether there is abreakclausein this agreement?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Thirdly, the treaty provided for nobreakclause, and it was for each country to continue regardless of the doubts one or other might have.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0I do not believe that the cleanbreakclauseis the revolutionary change that it is portrayed to be in some quarters.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Obviously an agreement such as abreakclausewould have to be confidential.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0You may call it abreakclauseor an escalator clause.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The initial basis of compensation, taking into account the existence of the six-monthbreakclausein the leases, turns out to be derisory.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0But in the absence of anybreakclause, we must look at the consequences if such a position arose.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/break-clause##
