forfeit

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Editorial note

If people are going to forfeit privacy, at least let them benefit from it.

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Quick take

something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of forfeit gathered in one view.

noun

something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;

noun

a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time"

noun

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for forfeit.

noun

something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;

noun

a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time"

noun

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

verb

lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

adjective

surrendered as a penalty

Example sentences

If people are going to forfeit privacy, at least let them benefit from it.

Stories unused within 70 years are forfeit for resale.

You forfeit the freedom to be irrational when you have a child, let alone four of them.

In the world as it exists today, whistleblowers against the US virtually forfeit their lives.

And when is it ever a good thing for many people to forfeit critical thinking in place of a template?Religion on our side of the world looks rosy.

""If you do not, the entire amount that's mixed with the unregistered-origin balance is subject to forfeit.

We need to catch them.--When did we stop classifying scaring citizens into forfeiting constitutional rights as terrorism?

Worse yet, a petition for a greencard from many classes of visa means that if for some reason the petition is denied, you forfeit your existing visa and also must leave.

Of course, in the early-exercise scenario, you do not get to bypass vesting and your shares remain subject to their original vesting requirements and can thus be forfeited in whole or in part if those requirements are not met.