Definition of Merit pay

1. Noun. Extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers).

Generic synonyms: Earnings, Pay, Remuneration, Salary, Wage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Merit Pay

merisms
merismus
merispore
meristem
meristematic
meristematically
meristemic
meristemoid
meristemoids
meristems
meristic
meristically
meristics
merit
merit badge
merit pay (current term)
merit system
meritable
merited
meritedly
merithallus
meriting
meriting(p)
meritless
meritlessly
meritlessness
meritmonger
meritmongers
meritocracies
meritocracy

Literary usage of Merit pay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Performance-related Pay Policies for Government Employees by OECD Staff, Oecd, SourceOECD (Online service) (2005)
"The Fulton Committee took the opposite view in 1968, but review by civil servants again concluded against the introduction of merit pay. ..."

2. The Plum Book: U. S. Government Policy and Supporting Positions: Salaries (1993)
"merit pay Supervisors and management officials at grades GS-13, 14, and 15 are paid under a merit pay system. Under this system, employees receive pay ..."

3. Pay for Performance: State and International Public Sector Pay-for by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"The state legislature did not fund merit pay increases in 6 of the last 11 years, as table III.5 indicates. The 1989 merit increase appropriation of ..."

4. Too Many Agencies, Too Many Rules: Reforming Californias Civil Service edited by Richard R. Terzian (1999)
"merit pay C*l urrently employees enter classifications that have ja number of steps. Each year on their anniversary, mm,mml workers are entitled to a "merit ..."

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