piece work

See also: piecework

English

Alternative forms

• piecework
• piece-work

Noun

piece work (uncountable)

1. Work that a worker is paid for according to the number of units produced, rather than the number of hours worked; work done and paid for by the piece or by the job.
   • 1872, Baldwyn Leighton, The farm labourer in 1872:

     Turning manure and many other things we've hitherto done by day work, we'll do by piece work.

Synonyms

• taskwork
• task work

Derived terms

• differential piece work

Related terms

• homeworker
• piecemeal
• piece rate
• timework
• timeworker

Translations

type of work

• Finnish: urakka (fi), urakkatyö
• French: travail à la pièce m
• German: Akkordarbeit (de) f, Stückarbeit f, Akkord (de) m, Stückakkord m, Stücklohn m
• Hungarian: szakmány (hu)
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• Italian: cottimo (it) m
• Russian: подряд (ru) m (podrjad)
• Spanish: trabajo a destajo m
• Swedish: ackord (sv) n

See also

• mass-produce
• mass-produced

Anagrams

• workpiece