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per⋅for⋅mance

  [per-fawr-muhns]
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–noun
1. a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
2. the act of performing a ceremony, play, piece of music, etc.
3. the execution or accomplishment of work, acts, feats, etc.
4. a particular action, deed, or proceeding.
5. an action or proceeding of an unusual or spectacular kind: His temper tantrum was quite a performance.
6. the act of performing.
7. the manner in which or the efficiency with which something reacts or fulfills its intended purpose.
8. Linguistics. the actual use of language in real situations, which may or may not fully reflect a speaker's competence, being subject to such nonlinguistic factors as inattention, distraction, memory lapses, fatigue, or emotional state.
Compare competence (def. 6).

Origin:
1485–95; perform + -ance
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per·for·mance   (pər-fôr'məns)   
n.  

  1. The act of performing or the state of being performed.

  2. The act or style of performing a work or role before an audience.

  3. The way in which someone or something functions: The pilot rated the airplane's performance in high winds.

  4. A presentation, especially a theatrical one, before an audience.

  5. Something performed; an accomplishment.

  6. Linguistics One's actual use of language in actual situations.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: per·for·mance
Function: noun
1 : work done in employment performance>
2 a : what is required to be performed in fulfillment of a contract, promise, or obligation performance in novation of the contract> b : the fulfillment of a contract, promise, or obligation
part performance
1 : partial performance of a contract, promise, or obligation
2 : a doctrine which provides an exception to the Statute of Frauds requirement that a contract be in writing by treating partial performance and the acceptance of it by the other party as evidence of an enforceable contract —compare partial breach at BREACH
spe·cif·ic performance
1 : the complete or exact fulfillment of the terms of a contract, promise, or obligation
2 : an equitable remedy that requires a party to fulfill the exact terms of a contract, promise, obligation, or decree mandating a remedy and that is used when legal remedies (as damages) are inadequate specific performance as a remedy for alleged breach of employment contract —Chady v. Solomon Schechter Day Schs., 645 North Eastern Reporter, Second Series 983 (1995)> —compare INJUNCTION
substantial performance
1 : performance of the essential terms of a contract, promise, or obligation substantial performance —Casa Linda Tile & Marble Installers, Incorporated v. Highlands Place 1981 Limited, 642 So. Second 766 (1994)>
2 : a doctrine which permits a party (as a builder) that acted in good faith to recover from the other party to a contract for a performance that departs in minor respects from what was promised —compare material breach at BREACH
3 : a public rendition or presentation of an artistic work
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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