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Pay It Forward (other)
Pay it forward is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying the deed to others instead of to the original benefactor. Pay It Forward may also refer to: * Pay It Forward (financial aid policy), a US model for financing higher education * Pay It Forward (novel), ''Pay It Forward'' (novel), a 1999 novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde * Pay It Forward (film), ''Pay It Forward'' (film), a 2000 film based on the novel Paying It Forward may refer to: * "Paying It Forward", a 2003 short story by Michael A. Burstein * Paying it Forward, a 2017 GoFundMe#Notable projects, GoFundMe campaign centered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ultimately revealed to be a scam See also * Pay It (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pay It Forward
Pay it forward is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying the kindness to others rather than paying it back to the original benefactor. It is also called serial reciprocity. The concept is old, but the particular phrase may have been coined by Lily Hardy Hammond in her 1916 book ''In the Garden of Delight''. Robert Heinlein, Robert Heinlein's 1951 novel ''Between Planets'' helped popularize the phrase. "Pay it forward" is implemented in contract law of loans in the concept of third party beneficiaries. Specifically, the creditor offers the debtor the option of paying the debt forward by lending it to a third party beneficiary, third person instead of paying it back to the original creditor. This contract may include the provision that the debtor may repay the debt in kind, lending the same amount to a similarly disadvantaged party once they have the means, and under the same conditions. Debt and payments can be monetary or by good deeds. A related ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |