specific performance

noun

Updated on: 15 Apr 2018

Definition of specific performance

1 : the performance of a legal contract strictly or substantially according to its terms

2 : an equitable remedy enjoining specific performance

Recent Examples of specific performance from the Web

Features a series of site-specific performances throughout the center.

— mark rapp, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Arts listings for April 6-12: "Cleveland's Endearing Symnbol: 52 stories of the Terminal Tower" at the Galleries at CSU & More," 5 Apr. 2018
Felicia Young, the founder and executive director of the Lower East Side nonprofit Earth Celebrations, has united them in an annual spring pageant and parade of giant puppets, mobile sculptures, costumed characters and site-specific performances.

— laurel graeber, New York Times, "7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend," 29 Mar. 2018
This was true when the Seattle SuperSonics broke a specific performance clause in their lease with the KeyArena to move to Oklahoma City and became the OKC Thunder.

— michael mccann, SI.com, "Can a Lawsuit vs. Anthony Precourt and MLS Save the Crew for Columbus?," 6 Mar. 2018
The conglomerate already modified its bonus program for top executives in March to tie pay more closely to specific performance goals, including the level of cost reductions over the next year.

— ezequiel minaya, WSJ, "GE Compensation Moves Likely to Include More Performance-Based Changes," 23 Oct. 2017
Without Walls Festival The third edition of this La Jolla Playhouse celebration of immersive and site-specific performance moves to downtown San Diego, and rolls out a diverse roster of both local and international artists.

— james hebert, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Fall arts: Top 10 theater picks," 17 Sep. 2017
No pay for specific performance, no short-term bonus, no stock options.

— philip delves broughton, WSJ, "A Better Way to Reward CEOs," 31 July 2017
The Tenderloin National Forest — a small oasis in the concrete mass of downtown San Francisco — had just opened up and Bluethenthal was interested in making some site-specific performance art.

— ryan kost, San Francisco Chronicle, "The theater of real life in the Tenderloin," 23 Oct. 2017
And follow that up by pushing for specific performance-review goals (informed by your own research) that would bring you to parity.

— rob walker, New York Times, "Addressing a Gender Pay Disconnect," 13 Oct. 2017

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