on a pay-as-you-go basis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofon,pay-as-you-goandbasis
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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pay-as-you-go
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌpeɪ.əz.jəˈɡəʊ/us/ˌpeɪ.əz.jəˈɡoʊ/
A pay-as-you-go system is one in which you pay for a service before you use it and you cannot use more than you have ...
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basis
noun[C]
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something ...
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(Definition ofon,pay-as-you-goandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The cinema remains what it has been for the past century - a pre-timed showing of a film in a public location on apay-as-you-gobasis.
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Its accounts are not separately published, and the funding of social security, including old-age state pensions, is in practice on a current accountpay-as-you-gobasis.
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Occupational pension funds must be funded to cover obligations and not run on apay-as-you-gobasis.
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The firefighters' pension scheme is currently financed in the same way as police pensions—on apay-as-you-gobasis.
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Should the scheme be funded or on apay-as-you-gobasis?
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The national insurance scheme is financed on apay-as-you-gobasiswith the aim of achieving a broad balance between income and expenditure.
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Critically, the pension scheme is not a fully funded scheme, but is run on apay-as-you-gobasis.
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I believe that people realise that national insurance funds the system on apay-as-you-gobasis.
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Ever since it was established, the national insurance scheme has always worked on apay-as-you-gobasis.
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The system operates on apay-as-you-gobasis: people of working age and their employers pay national insurance contributions based on their earnings.
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We must never forget that, although we talk about the insurance fund, our retirement pension scheme is not funded, but works on apay-as-you-gobasis.
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Being unfunded, they operate on apay-as-you-gobasisand will he properly provided for as a separate heading within the commission's grant-in-aid.
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There is nothing wrong with apay-as-you-gobasis, but it is important to know what the effect is for the ratepayers.
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I understand it is to be on apay-as-you-gobasisrather than being amortised.
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Most of their pension schemes are on apay-as-you-gobasisand are therefore unfunded.
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