honor systemnoun [ C ]
USa system for doing something, such as taking payments, that depends on people who use the system telling the truth:
Previously, we operated an honor system, where employees signed statements of residency but these were not verified.
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Honesty, openness & sincerity
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board
- artless
- be on the level idiom
- bona fide
- bone
- in good faith idiom
- integrity
- joke
- joking apart/aside idiom
- let's face it idiom 1
- level with sb
- nail
- stainless
- straight arrow idiom
- straight up idiom
- straightforward
- the straight and narrow idiom
- transparent
- truly
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