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payment by results

British  

noun

  1. a system of wage payment whereby all or part of the wage varies systematically according to the level of work performance of an employee

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We need to ask if payment by results works at all.

From The Guardian Nov. 28, 2012

We need far more emphasis on payment by results.

From Economist Oct. 26, 2012

At the core of the scheme is the idea of payment by results, so there is a financial incentive for providers to do their best to get the long-term unemployed back into the job market.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2012

Lowe, Robert, afterwards Lord Sherbrooke, early educational reformer, 135; introduces principle of payment by results, 135; advice of, to educate our masters, followed, 151; his sojourn in New South Wales, 434.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott

Head-money is an attempt at payment by results, and it gives the men a direct interest in their job.

From Traffics and Discoveries by Rudyard Kipling

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