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payment by results

British

noun

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

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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

In the days of payment by results the percentage was unquestionably very high.

From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond

It was preordained, then, that the syllabuses which the Department issued, year by year, in the days of payment by results should have few merits and many defects.

From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond

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