DCHP-2

user-pay DCHP-2 (May 2016)

• adj. — often used in compounds, as in user-pay program and user-pay system

  financing of particular services via user fees.

  Type: 5. Frequency — According to internet domain searches (see Charts 1 and 2), user-pay is most prevalent in Canada when used as part of a compounds noun such as user-pay program and user-pay system. Chart 3 demonstrates a third variant, user-pay principle, which is most prevalent in Canada, but still has a great deal of currency in South Africa. In South Africa, the term is often used in reference to toll roads. Note that all US hits are negligibly low.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "user-pay", which is marked "esp. Cdn".