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painsharing

painsharing noun: a negative incentive system involving a financial penalty in the event of loss or failure.

Noun

painsharing (uncountable)

  1. A negative incentive system involving a financial penalty in the event of loss or failure.

Origin of painsharing

From pain + sharing, modelled on earlier gainsharing.

Questions about painsharing

What does painsharing mean?
Painsharing means a negative incentive system involving a financial penalty in the event of loss or failure.
What part of speech is painsharing?
Painsharing is a noun.

Words near painsharing in the dictionary

  1. pains-taking
  2. Painscastle
  3. painscore
  4. painscores
  5. painshare
  6. painsharing
  7. Painshawfield
  8. painslut
  9. painsluts
  10. painsome
  11. painsomnia

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