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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

The Rev. George Paxton Young had, in his last Report as Grammar School Inspector, strongly recommended the adoption in a modified form of the English system of payment by results.

From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by Putnam, J. Harold

And now, in these days of payment by results, let us look for one moment to the Écoles Chrétiennes from this point of view; and then we will bid the Brothers a respectful farewell.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various