Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Work paid for according to the number of units turned out.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Work done and paid for by measure of quantity, or by previous estimate and agreement, in contradistinction to work done and paid for by measure of time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
piece work .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun work paid for according to the quantity produced
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Examples
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She did what they called 'piecework' and would sew up these dresses for a penny each.
Ready for His Autumn Waltz Will Friedwald 2011
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In piecework, which is what most of us do, the case is none the less plain for being even less material.
Lay Morals 2005
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In piecework, which is what most of us do, the case is none the less plain for being even less material.
Lay Morals Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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The courts and legislatures acknowledge this, that modern "piecework" medicine is nearly impossible to account for by reason of its complexity.
Stephen Herrington: 'Cadillac Tax' Debate Shows We Don't Understand the Problem 2010
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Under the "piecework" mode, workers are paid 11 to 17 dollars per 23-kg box of nuts, which takes 12 to 14 hours to gather.
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Farmers who grew crops and stewarded the land were cajoled into resembling industrial workers from the city who produced piecework in a complex system overseen by major corporations, said Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs.
Organic Farming Opens a Way for Farmers to Return to their Proper Role as Innovators and Stewards of the Land Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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Putting our physician on piecework wages sure made him hustle!
Why Your Annual Checkup Is Just 13 Minutes Gary Sutton 2010
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Putting our physician on piecework wages sure made him hustle!
Why Your Annual Checkup Is Just 13 Minutes Gary Sutton 2010
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I think of it less as piecework, more as entrepreneurship.
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Farmers who grew crops and stewarded the land were cajoled into resembling industrial workers from the city who produced piecework in a complex system overseen by major corporations, said Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs.
Archive 2010-03-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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