︎earn out
v. phr.— «Consider the advance system, whereby a publisher pays an author a nonreturnable up-front fee for a book. If the book doesn’t “earn out,” in the industry parlance, the publisher simply eats the cost.» —“Books Gone Wild: The Digital Age Reshapes Literature” by Lev Grossman Time Jan. 21, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Steve, a singer-songwriter from Rock Springs, Wyoming, shares some slang he picked up while months riding the rails and busking. Spanging refers to panhandling, from asking for “spare change.” The term bull refers to a type of security...
