fee-for-service — /fi fə ˈsɜvəs/ (say fee fuh servuhs) adjective of or relating to a system whereby doctors receive payment for specific services to patients rather than receiving a salary …
Fee-for-carriage — Fee for carriage, value for signal,[1] negotiation for value, or the TV tax all refer to a proposed Canadian television regulatory policy which would require cable and satellite television companies to compensate conventional, over the air… … Wikipedia
Fee — For other uses see Fee (disambiguation) A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for services. Fees usually allow for overhead, wages, costs, and markup. Traditionally, professionals in Great Britain received a fee in contradistinction to a… … Wikipedia
Service economy — can refer to one or both of two recent economic developments. One is the increased importance of the service sector in industrialized economies. Services account for a higher percentage of US GDP than 20 years ago. The current list of Fortune 500 … Wikipedia
Service-oriented architecture — (SOA) is a method for systems development and integration where functionality is grouped around business processes and packaged as interoperable services . SOA also describes IT infrastructure which allows different applications to exchange data… … Wikipedia
service — service1 [sʉr′vis] n. [ME servise < OFr < L servitium, servitude < servus, slave: see SERF] 1. the occupation or condition of a servant 2. a) employment, esp. public employment [diplomatic service] b) a branch or department of this,… … English World dictionary
service — ▪ I. service ser‧vice 1 [ˈsɜːvs ǁ ˈsɜːr ] noun 1. [countable usually plural] COMMERCE business that involves selling help and advice, or delivering goods etc for customers, rather than manufacturing goods: • He charged a £600,000 fee for… … Financial and business terms
service — service1 /serr vis/, n., adj., v., serviced, servicing. n. 1. an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service. 2. the supplying or supplier of utilities or commodities, as water, electricity, or gas, required or demanded by the… … Universalium
Service plan — A service plan is a contract offered to purchasers of products for an additional fee. While service plans resemble extended warranties, there are several important differences between the two, often cited by retailers that sell them.Differences… … Wikipedia
fee — [14] Fee is a word bequeathed to modern English by the feudal system (and indeed it is closely related etymologically to feudal). It came via Anglo Norman fee from medieval Latin feodum or feudum (source also of feudal [17]). This denoted ‘land… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
fee — [14] Fee is a word bequeathed to modern English by the feudal system (and indeed it is closely related etymologically to feudal). It came via Anglo Norman fee from medieval Latin feodum or feudum (source also of feudal [17]). This denoted ‘land… … Word origins