Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Performance

Performance , noun

The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.
Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. — Paley
2.
That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; esp., an action of an elaborate or public character.
Her walking and other actual performances. — Shakespeare
His musical performances. — Macaulay