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Diplomacy. In diplomacy, a courtesy call is a formal meeting in which a diplomat or representative or a famous person of a nation pays a visit out of courtesy to a head of state or state office holder. Courtesy calls may be paid by another head of state, a prime minister, a minister (Government), or a diplomat.
A state visit is a formal visit by the head of a sovereign country (or representative of the head of a sovereign country) to another sovereign country, at the invitation of the head of state (or representative) of that foreign country, with the latter also acting as the official host for the duration of the state visit.
Terminology. State visits are visits to the United States led by a foreign head of state acting in his or her sovereign capacity. They are, therefore, described as a "visit of [name of state]". [1] State visits can only occur on the invitation of the president of the United States, acting in his capacity as head of the United States.
House call. A doctor visiting an elderly patient, near San Antonio, Texas, in May 1973. A house call is medical consultation performed by a doctor or other healthcare professionals visiting the home of a patient or client, [1] instead of the patient visiting the doctor's clinic or hospital. In some locations, families used to pay dues to a ...
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Conjugal visit. A conjugal visit is a scheduled period in which an inmate of a prison or jail is permitted to spend several hours or days in private with a visitor. The visitor is usually their legal partner. The generally recognized basis for permitting such visits in modern times is to preserve family bonds and increase the chances of success ...
Affiliate marketing. Cost per action. Revenue sharing. Mobile advertising. v. t. e. Affiliate marketing is a marketing arrangement in which affiliates receive a commission for each visit, signup or sale they generate for a merchant. This arrangement allows businesses to outsource part of the sales process. [1]
Fee-for-service. Fee-for-service (FFS) is a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. [1] In health care, it gives an incentive for physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity of care, rather than quality of care. However evidence of the effectiveness of FFS in improving health ...