pay-or-playn.
/ˌpeɪɔːˈpleɪ/, U.S. /ˈpeɪərˈpleɪ/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
1. U.S. Horse Racing. = play or pay at play v. 14c. Now rare.In quot. 1922, a mistranscription from the book being reviewed, which uses play or pay.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > type of bet
swoopstake1599
by-beta1627
levant1714
even money1732
play or pay bet1738
side bet1769
long shot1796
sweep1849
pay-or-play1853
sweepstake1861
pari-mutuel1868
to go a raker1869
flutter1874
skinner1874
by-wager1886
plunge1888
accumulator1889
saver1891
mutuel1893
quinella1902
parlay1904
Sydney or the bush1924
treble1924
daily double1930
all-up1933
round robin1944
double1951
twin double1960
perfecta1961
pool1963
lose bet1964
tiercé1964
Yankee bet1964
Yankee1967
nap1971
superfecta1971
tricast1972
triple1972
trixie1973
telebetting1974
trifecta1974
over-and-under1975
over-under1981
spread bet1981
1853 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 5 May 2/2 Centerville Course, L.I.—Trotting—Wednesday, May 4, a match for $1,000, pay or play, Mile Heats, best 3 in 5 in harness.
1871 H. Woodruff & C. J. Foster Trotting Horse Amer. (new ed.) 342 After the match was made, Mr. Kelly proposed to make it pay or play, which was accepted, and the money put up.
1902 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10 Feb. 17/3 All bets are pay or play.
1922 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 12 Nov. 2/3 All bets were pay or play... Payment was made within twenty-four hours, under pain of expulsion.
2. A situation or system in which the options are either to participate or to pay a financial or other penalty; (now) esp. (U.S.) any of various (proposed) schemes in which employers are legally obliged either to provide health care insurance, pension contributions, etc., for their employees, or to pay into a government fund for this purpose. Chiefly attributive.
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1901 Times 2 May 4/5 For ten years we have emphasised the fact..that there is no half-way house between market price and conscription—it is a case of ‘pay or play’.
1987 Boston Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 19 Jan. i. 2 What our system does essentially is to initially seek to recover the funds [for uncompensated healthcare] from everybody in the business community... It's been nicknamed by several groups as a ‘pay or play’ proposal. One of the ways you get out of the assessment is to provide health insurance for your employees.
2003 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 6 Oct. a1 The bill—nicknamed ‘pay or play’—requires employers of more than 50 workers to provide insurance to employees and pay at least 80 percent of the premiums.
3. In the entertainment industry: (a clause in) a contract guaranteeing a performer work or (more often) payment. Now (esp. in the film industry) a clause or contract guaranteeing an actor or director a fee even if his or her services are ultimately not required. Chiefly attributive.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun]
covenantc1330
contractc1386
finec1390
agreement1425
obligement1499
convention1513
achate1607
mail contract1843
punctation1855
pay-or-play1949
1949 N.Y. Times 20 Mar. ii. 6 (advt.) If you think you possess talent, but require guidance, coaching, and instruction, write or phone for apptmt. Legitimate Pay or Play contracts to those who qualify.
1956 F. Allen Much Ado about Me 214 The Keith and Orpheum circuits were signing vaudeville acts to three- and five-year pay-or-play contracts that guaranteed the acts forty or more weeks each year.
1986 Economist (Nexis) 10 May 74 Contracts..often include..a clause called ‘pay or play’. This requires the studio to pay the actor's salary in full whether the film goes ahead or not.
2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 297/3 Harrison does not read without a firm pay-or-play offer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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