profit sharing
noun
: a system or process under which employees receive a part of the profits of an industrial or commercial enterprise
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Let that sink in: American's income is less than what Delta will be paying out in profit sharing.
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Ted Reed, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
What emerged was essentially a variant of profit sharing: public employees took a cut of the revenue produced by their organizations.
—Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
Eligible employees last year received up to $4,400 in profit sharing.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 17 Dec. 2024
Instead, the government has relied on financial incentives, through an uncodified system of internal profit sharing that links the bureaucracy’s financial performance to individual remuneration.
—Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
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Ted Reed, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
What emerged was essentially a variant of profit sharing: public employees took a cut of the revenue produced by their organizations.
—Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
Eligible employees last year received up to $4,400 in profit sharing.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 17 Dec. 2024
Instead, the government has relied on financial incentives, through an uncodified system of internal profit sharing that links the bureaucracy’s financial performance to individual remuneration.
—Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
See All Example Sentences for profit sharing
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“Profit sharing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20sharing. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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