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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

It is difficult to disentangle this from the paralysing influences of payment by results and large classes: it was probably the teachers' unconscious expression of the instinct of self-preservation, when working against the heaviest odds.

From The Child under Eight by Murray, E. R. (Elsie Riach)

The principle of standardization can and does find expression under either method of wage payment; its adoption does not exclude the system of payment by results.

From The Settlement of Wage Disputes by Feis, Herbert

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