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mer·it pay

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. merit paynoun

    extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers)

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  1. merit pay

    Merit pay, also known as pay-for-performance, is a type of salary system that bases an employee's wages or bonuses on job performance. It is designed to reward employees for their skills, talents, work ethic, and job productivity. This compensation structure typically involves regular performance evaluations to determine pay increases.

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  1. Merit pay

    Merit pay is a term describing performance-related pay, most frequently in the context of educational reform. It provides bonuses for workers who perform their jobs effectively, according to measurable criteria. In the United States, policy makers are divided on whether merit pay should be offered to public school teachers, as is commonly the case in the United Kingdom.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of merit pay in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of merit pay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of merit pay in a Sentence

  1. Justice Anthony Kennedy:

    When you are dealing with a governmental agency, many critical points are matters of public concern, and is it not true that many teachers strongly disagree with the union position on teacher tenure, on merit pay, on merit promotion, on classroom size?

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