A system of payment or examinations which relies solely on the honesty of those concerned.
（完全依赖相关人士的诚实的报酬或考试体系）信用制度
most hotel minibars have worked on an honour system
Example sentencesExamples
And then you pay them a cut of your winnings, apparently on the honor system.
‘We intend to go on the honor system,’ said Principal Calvin Johnson.
The honour system proved sufficient among honorable people.
So we designed a computerised timesheet honour system that gives employees full control over their own time.
Their vegetable stand operates on the honor system.
There's only one catch: all this is on the honor system.
Naturally trustful people must never be given a good reason to become cynical, for cynicism is the enemy of every honor system.
There might come a day when the honor system is a strong enough code to let people like Juliana offer her songs on the web without the force of law or the sting of theft.
The patient is asked to start bringing $1 to $2 per paycheck to the pharmacy on an honor system until the cost of the medicine has been repaid.
The fact is that Medicare was basically an honor system that didn't work because the rules were dishonored by too many dishonorable people.
Tickets are not collected; this is an honor system similar to that found on many light rail routes.
Working on the honor system, users who post ads agree to donate anything from 1% to 100% of the sale to the Falmouth Education Foundation.
While privileges can be suspended if this policy is violated, the system operates mostly under the honor system.
And then even here the rule is enforced by what might best be termed the honor system.
Guests dine and rub shoulders with working coffee farmers and, in an affirming testament to the honor system, are asked to log their own charges on a communal notepad.
Our honor system routinely rewards cheaters and punishes honesty.
The honour system has worked well - it raises around $30,000 a year.
‘Because it's an honor system, fraud certainly exists,’ he said.
How many people do you trust indefinitely, in a world with no police, no laws, no jails, virtual doomsday devices everywhere, in an honour system based on etiquette?
During club matches or practice play, decisions are left up to the honor system.