merit pay

1. 1.

   extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers)

   Broaderwage

Questions about merit pay

What does merit pay mean?

merit pay means "extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers)".

Is merit pay a common word?

merit pay is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.