one-off payment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofone-offandpayment
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one-off
adjective
uk/ˌwʌnˈɒf/us/ˌwʌnˈɑːf/
happening ...
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payment
noun
uk/ˈpeɪ.mənt/us/ˈpeɪ.mənt/
an amount of ...
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(Definition ofone-offandpaymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Without consulting the cabinet, he promised aone-offpaymentand a monthly allowance to the 60,000 veterans.
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The moorland conservation order method would mean aone-offpaymentbased on the familiar "before and after" land valuation basis.
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In 1977–78, if one includes theone-offpaymentto the electricity service of £250 million, that subvention will have reached £950 million.
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The company claims that that is reduced to losses of $88 million after aone-offpaymentis taken into account.
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I am sure that she will agree that a £40,000one-offpaymentis hardly sufficient compensation for the lifelong injury that those children suffered.
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That is not aone-offpayment; that is weekly benefit.
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And that is not aone-offpayment: that continues.
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Yet the level and types of fraud vary considerably, from large-scale counterfeiting of order books to failure to declare aone-offpaymentof £5.
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Aone-offpaymentof £100 million would help the industry to develop new resources such as clean coal technology, and would aid its survival.
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In thatone-offpaymenthe would be allowed to keep the £230.
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It provides for aone-offpaymentbased on the familiar "before and after" method of land valuation.
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The widow's allowance had been a weekly benefit, but the widow's payment was aone-offpaymentof £1,000.
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In particular, by making thisone-offpayment, we are recognising the impact of recent council tax increases on the fixed incomes of older pensioners.
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This year, there is aone-offpaymentof £100 for pensioners aged over 70 to help them with their council tax costs.
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The payment of £10,000 at an early stage is a special,one-offpaymentand can be easily understood.
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It is intended that a singleone-offpaymentis made in 2004–05.
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The latter was aone-offpayment, not an operating subsidy.
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The vast majority of volunteers will not be deterred from their voluntary activity by aone-offpaymentof £5 or £6.
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He implied that it is only a one-off increase in spending, aone-offpaymentinto education.
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