The two types of deal can be put together, producing a back-to-back pay or play minutes swap.

Whether for pay or play, distributed computing can be found in computer labs or family dens.

In his speech, to the San Diego Rotary Club, the President devoted only passing remarks to another Democratic plan, called "pay or play."

A second plan, backed by the Senate Democratic leadership and known as "pay or play," would require employers to become the primary providers of medical insurance, either by providing policies to their employees or by paying an extra tax to finance a supplementary public insurance program.

This is the land of the Big Deal, of pay or play, of millions one year and bankruptcy the next, of meetings, meetings, meetings (interrupted by an occasional movie), of much talk and very little action, of hustle and hassle, greed and guile.

Reporters who followed the story tell how Mr. Clinton responded to political opportunities and pressures during his candidacy first by playing up the problem rather than by offering any solution (since he didn't have one), then by borrowing a notion known as "pay or play" and finally by settling for something called "managed competition."