🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

paiement à l'acte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: paye-mã à l'acte

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fee-For-Service/fiː fɔːr ˈsɜːrvɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Dans un système de paiement à l'acte, chaque service est facturé séparément."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A payment model in which services are paid for individually rather than as part of a bundled package.

    "Under a fee-for-service model, patients are billed for each individual service they receive."
  2. 2

    A system where healthcare providers are compensated for each service performed.

    "The fee-for-service approach can lead to an increase in the number of services provided to patients."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'fee-for-service' originated in the United States in the mid-20th century, combining 'fee' from Old French 'fie' meaning 'payment' and 'service' from Latin 'servitium' meaning 'to serve'. It reflects a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately.

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🇫🇷French → English

paiement à l'acte

Transliteration: paye-mã à l'acte

"Dans un système de paiement à l'acte, chaque service est facturé séparément."

🇩🇪German → English

Einzelleistungsvergütung

Transliteration: Ayn-tsel-lai-stungs-fer-gü-tung

"Das System der Einzelleistungsvergütung kann zu höheren Kosten führen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

pagamento per prestazione

Transliteration: pa-ga-men-to per pres-ta-zio-ne

"Nel modello di pagamento per prestazione, ogni servizio è fatturato singolarmente."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

pago por servicio

Transliteration: pa-go por ser-vi-cio

"El modelo de pago por servicio puede resultar en costos más altos para los pacientes."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

pagamento por serviço

Transliteration: pa-ga-men-to por ser-vi-ço

"No modelo de pagamento por serviço, cada atendimento é cobrado separadamente."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

सेवा के लिए शुल्क

Transliteration: seva ke liye shulk

"सेवा के लिए शुल्क प्रणाली में, प्रत्येक सेवा के लिए अलग से बिल भेजा जाता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

按服务收费

Transliteration: àn fúwù shōufèi

"在按服务收费的模式下,每项服务都单独收费。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

서비스별 요금

Transliteration: seobiseu byeol yogeum

"서비스별 요금 모델에서는 각 서비스에 대해 개별적으로 청구됩니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

サービスごとの料金

Transliteration: sābisu goto no ryōkin

"サービスごとの料金モデルでは、各サービスが個別に請求されます。"

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