piece work

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work that a worker is paid for according to the number of units produced, rather than the number of hours worked
piece of work
A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or craft

Dead Man Walking” is a powerful and intelligent piece of work.

piece of work
A person who has a strong and unusual personality, especially one with seriously unpleasant character flaws (e.g. a nasty piece of work)

Known as Pixie for his fresh looks, and Dr Death for his cold stare of disapproval, Rudd was said to have few friends in Canberra. Former Labor leaders Paul Keating and Mark Latham described him, respectively, as a menace and a terrible piece of work.

piecework
Alternative spelling of piece work
piece of work
(deyim) A person of a specified kind, especially an unpleasant one
piece of work
(deyim) A person of a specified kind, especially an unpleasant one.- He's a very tough piece of work
one-piece work
block, object that is made from one piece
piece of work
a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"
piecework
{i} work that is done and paid according to individual units of work, contracting
piecework
If you do piecework, you are paid according to the amount of work that you do rather than the length of time that you work. All my men are on piece-work The tobacco workers were paid on a piecework basis. work for which you are paid according to the number of things you produce rather than the number of hours that you spend working
piecework
work paid for according to the quantity produced
piecework
work that a worker is paid for according to the number of units produced, rather than the number of hours worked
piecework
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
piece work
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