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–noun
1. Printing. a system for grading the sizes of type bodies, leads, etc., that employs the point as a unit of measurement. Compare point (def. 48a).
2. any of certain systems of writing and printing for the blind that employ embossed symbols for letters.
3. a system of promoting students by an evaluation of their work on the basis of points representing quality of achievement.
4. Bedaux system.
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Be⋅daux sys⋅tem

  [buh-doh]
–noun
a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
Also called Bedaux plan, point system.

Origin:
after Charles Eugène Bedaux (1887–1944), American industrialist
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point system  
n.  

  1. A system of evaluating academic achievement based on grade points.

  2. Any of various printing or writing systems for the blind, such as Braille, that use an alphabet of raised symbols or dots that correspond to letters.

  3. Printing A system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point.

  4. A system of penalizing drivers of motor vehicles for traffic violations by assigning points for each type of violation and revoking the driver's license if a certain number of points are accrued.

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