double dipping

double dipping
double dip·ping n: the usu. illicit practice of accepting income from two mutually exclusive sources (as from a government pension and a government salary or from two insurers for the same loss)

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

double dipping
In the context of executive compensation, the term is usually used to indicate that an executive participates in more than one kind of share incentive arrangement (for example, award of performance shares and grants of share options are made to the same executives in the same year) with each rewarding similar performance.

Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. . 2010.

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