Look up: piece-work

1. Piece Work
   Payment by the amount of cloth produced rather than the hour.
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2. piece work
   A way of assembling manufactured goods, in which the piece-worker performs only one limited part of the process (eg attaching a sleeve to a garment), rather than the full sequence of tasks to produce a finished product. Piece-work can often be done in the home or small workshop, rather than a factor...
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3. Piece work
   `Piece work` (or `piecework`) is any type of employment in which a pages=29–31-->--> regardless of time. Piece work is a form of performance-related pay. In a manufacturing setting, the output of piece work can be measured by the number of physical items (pieces) produced, such as when a g...
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4. Piecework
   A remuneration system where the wage level is directly related to output levels.
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5. piecework
   [n] - work paid for according to the quantity produced
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6. Piecework
   Piece'work` 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. « The reaping was piecework , at so much per acre.» R. Jefferies.
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7. piecework
   noun work paid for according to the quantity produced
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8. Piecework
   • (n.) 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.
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9. piecework
   piecework, work for which the laborer is paid on the basis of the amount of work done. The system is best adapted to standardized operations in which quantity is preferred to quality. Its advocates maintain that it pays the worker according to his ability. Its opponents argue that it tends to pay th...
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