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hardship clause

noun/ˈhɑːdʃɪp klɔːz/

C1CEFR level
78/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A term allowing renegotiation or relief where unforeseen events make performance excessively onerous.

The hardship clause let the parties revisit pricing when raw-material costs unexpectedly tripled.

Topic: Contracts in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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