pay or play
Guaranteed compensation contract
Pay or play is a contract clause requiring payment whether or not services are actually used.
In entertainment, a pay-or-play deal guarantees an actor or director their fee even if the project is canceled or they're replaced: She had a pay-or-play contract, so she got paid when the studio shelved the film.
The term appears in other industries for similar guaranteed-payment arrangements.
- movie dealAgreement for screen adaptation
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- force majeureExtraordinary event excusing performance
- compensationPayment for services rendered
talent deal · clause · fee · penalty · obligation · enforceability · participation points · employment contracts · deal · greenlighting · settlement · provision · indemnity · commitment · royalties · residuals · casting · above the line
- entertainment businessrecording contract, movie deal, book deal, development deal, talent deal
pay or playperformance-based pay
Earnings determined by results
pay for performance · at-will employment · piece rate · fee-for-service · contingency fee
pay or playholdback
Thing that hinders
on-call · gig work · day player · first refusal · option
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