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

Amongst the definite results which we undoubtedly owe to the labours of that Commission was the acclimatization in India of Sir Robert Lowe's system of "payment by results," which was then already discredited in England.

From Indian Unrest by Chirol, Valentine, Sir

A second characteristic of standard wage rates is that they may take the form of time-rates, or payment by results, or any combination of the two.

From The Settlement of Wage Disputes by Feis, Herbert

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