specific performance
noun
1
: the performance of a legal contract strictly or substantially according to its terms
2
: an equitable remedy enjoining specific performance
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Some allocate a percentage of quarterly or annual profits to employee bonuses, while others tie profit-sharing to specific performance goals.
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Gegham Azatyan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The nuclear thermal propulsion engines in development by these groups will need to comply with specific performance and safety standards.
—Dan Kotlyar, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2024
Each tranche of options would be earned by the CEO only on achievement of specific performance milestones.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024
The arbitrator shall have the authority to grant specific performance and to allocate between the parties the costs of arbitration (including service fees, arbitrator fees and all other fees related to the arbitration) in such equitable manner as the arbitrator may determine.
—Big Think, 10 June 2020
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Gegham Azatyan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The nuclear thermal propulsion engines in development by these groups will need to comply with specific performance and safety standards.
—Dan Kotlyar, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2024
Each tranche of options would be earned by the CEO only on achievement of specific performance milestones.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024
The arbitrator shall have the authority to grant specific performance and to allocate between the parties the costs of arbitration (including service fees, arbitrator fees and all other fees related to the arbitration) in such equitable manner as the arbitrator may determine.
—Big Think, 10 June 2020
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“Specific performance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specific%20performance. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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