direct payment

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandpayment

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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payment
noun
uk
/ˈpeɪ.mənt/us
/ˈpeɪ.mənt/
an amount of ...
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(Definition ofdirectandpaymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect payment

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This means that any services provided to the self-employed will have to be on a basis ofdirectpayment.
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The clause is only meant to stop contracts for indirect payment as distinct from stopping contracts fordirectpayment.
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It is reasonable to treat that apparently indirect payment as adirectpaymentif the two intermediate companies are controlled by the same person.
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We know that where thedirectpaymentsystem has been implemented, it has worked.
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The overall move todirectpaymentis progressing well.
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Incentives were limited to provision of seeds, plants, and inputs and notdirectpaymentfor conservation.
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The union requested 'that the system of recruiting labour through the contractors must cease' and demanded direct employment anddirectpaymentby the managements.
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This would requiredirectpaymentby patients to physicians and to other healthcare providers.
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There are several ways that somebody with adirectpaymentcan recruit a personal assistant.
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Physicians generally have the discretion to waivedirectpaymentcharges for professional services.
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Each able-bodied adult person has to contribute 20 days of work to the community without anydirectpayment.
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We agree that there seems to be nodirectpaymentincentives for quality of care in the current system.
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Both the natural lottery and thedirectpaymentrules, therefore, are legitimate means of compensating risk impositions.
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Some agencies are prepared to pitch their fees for carers/personal assistants at whatever the level of thedirectpaymentis.
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Under the 2003 regulations, adirectpaymentmay be used to employ close relatives as personal assistants, even those living in the same household as the cared-for person.
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Obviously, it should not be assumed that every person in receipt of a social services care package will opt for adirectpaymentin lieu of services.
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Private insurance reimburses members directly for allowable expenses incurred for outpatient services and has some contracts with providers, including hospitals and doctors, fordirectpaymentarrangements.
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We do note, however, that, although the obstacles to implementing a payment approach deserve careful consideration, adirectpaymentapproach to ecosystem protection cannot be dismissed as impractical.
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Some local authorities have introduceddirectpaymentsystems and others have not.
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This is adirectpayment, and therefore it has been felt appropriate to have this new sub-heading.
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