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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

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 Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)

It may be worked out in systems of payment by results, as well as in systems of time payment.

From The Settlement of Wage Disputes by Feis, Herbert

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