Sentence examples for for a fixed sum from inspiring English sources

Examples could be a decorator agreeing to paint a house for a set fee or a courier agreeing to deliver something for a fixed sum.

Mr. McClellan and other health economists hope that those experiments that prove successful ultimately replace Medicare's fee-for-service system — which they say rewards doctors and hospitals for ordering multiple and often unnecessary procedures — with bundled payments that encourage each patient's various caregivers to coordinate care for a fixed sum.

Areva and its partner, Siemens, a German engineering firm, agreed in 2003 to build the Finnish plant for a fixed sum of €3 billion—a price that was set too low, say those in the industry, so as to fend off rivals.

"The facts are that our proposal was for a fixed sum for both sides for four years with the clubs taking the financial risk that revenue might decrease or not grow as much as we thought.

But the French government too deeply committed to the system of tax farming (i.e., selling the right to collect taxes to groups of financiers for a fixed sum), reluctant and even unable to revoke the exemptions of the privileged classes because of dependence on them, and lacking interest in fundamental reforms—suppressed the publication of his book.

Estimation of per capita loss was determined by calculating a future value (FV) of investment for a fixed sum of money at a particular interest rate.

ReprintsInstead, each state and Washington, DC, now receives a block grant for welfare (a fixed sum based on the amount it received at the time of greatest need) from the federal government.

Well, it might include things like giving an independent commission the power to ensure that Medicare only pays for procedures with real medical value; rewarding health care providers for delivering quality care rather than simply paying a fixed sum for every procedure; limiting the tax deductibility of private insurance plans; and so on.

Under the new system, starting in 2020 Washington would pay the states only a fixed sum for each enrollee.

At its most libertarian, the UBI becomes a replacement for state provision: you get a fixed sum from the state and you spend it on Uber-ised public services, hailing the cheapest social care worker on an app, or the cheapest eye operation.

The government of India has promised to pay Infosys a fixed sum of money for every tax return the company prepares.