Time-payment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Payment that is based on the total amount of time worked. dated
  2. 2
    Payment that is made in installments. dated

    "Meals he procured at the sixpenny restaurant on the time-payment system, the consumption of meals being invariably in advance of the ratio paid for the allegedly humorous drawings."

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"Meals he procured at the sixpenny restaurant on the time-payment system, the consumption of meals being invariably in advance of the ratio paid for the allegedly humorous drawings."

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