In plain English
Charges are added one use at a time instead of being covered by a regular standing fee. The amount paid depends on each use of the telecom service rather than on a set repeating charge.
In context
Here, it indicates that the listed usage was charged separately for each use instead of being taken from an included allowance.
- Situation
- Reading telecom bills, usage, overage, credits, contract period, and payment status
- What it communicates
- labels usage that was billed individually instead of deducted from an allowance.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not state the price of each use or the total amount due.
Examples
“Pay-per-use suited the backup phone because each call was billed separately rather than through a fixed monthly charge.”
“The two roaming texts were billed as pay-per-use and not taken from the included allowance.”