piecework


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piece·work

 (pēs′wûrk′)
n.
Work paid for according to the number of units turned out.

piece′work′er n.
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piecework

(ˈpiːsˌwɜːk)
n
(Commerce) work paid for according to the quantity produced. Compare timework
ˈpieceˌworker n
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piece•work

(ˈpisˌwɜrk)

n.
work done and paid for by the piece. Compare timework.
[1540–50]
piece′work`er, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.piecework - work paid for according to the quantity produced
employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"
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Translations

piecework

[ˈpiːswɜːk] Ntrabajo m a destajo
to be on/do pieceworktrabajar a destajo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

piecework

[ˈpiːswɜːrk] ntravail m aux pièces or à la piècepie chart ngraphique m à secteurs, camembert mpie dish nplat m allant au four
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

piecework

[ˈpiːsˌwɜːk] n (Industry) → (lavoro a) cottimo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
You would not do as well at piecework, and I wish to deal generously by you.
He is a beef-boner, and that is a dangerous trade, especially when you are on piecework and trying to earn a bride.
And I know brickmakers go about working at piecework in different places.
Ken Warr, bassist with The Strangers and Johnny Dark and The Silhouettes, adds: "I had accumulated all of the records by Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley since I was 12, so when I left school at 15, I started a piecework job at Payters in Great Bridge, Tipton.
From 2019, piecework payment is introduced for general practitioners and specialists with a gradual increase in tariffs for their services within the guaranteed volume of free medical care.
The short game is the current "piecework" model of fee-for-service, treating people primarily when they are sick.
"This is a return to the days of piecework, creating a culture where workers are required to be constantly available to work," the group said in a report.
"Reducing services and moving sub-postmasters from monthly guaranteed payments to piecework has slashed their take-home pay.
The order stated that all workers paid by results, including those who are paid on piecework, "takay," "pakyaw" or task basis, shall be entitled to receive the prescribed minimum wage rates per eight hours work a day, or a proportion thereof, for working less than eight hours.
This innovative new platform includes real-time Shop Floor Control (SFC), piecework payroll, production, quality control, inventory, shipping and receiving solutions.
Like Stanton, she suffered the indignity of thwarted educational ambition, and her first lessons in the injustice of gender came in her own home as Stone and her sisters sewed piecework to give their brothers the college education that she coveted.