penalty clause
noun [C]Definition
› LAW a statement in an official agreement of the amount of money that someone will need to pay if they fail to obey the rules of the agreement: Check the small print before you sign any agreement and watch out for any penalty clauses.
(Definition of penalty clause noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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