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piecework

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun piecework has 1 sense
  1. piecework - work paid for according to the quantity produced
    --1 is a kind of
    employment, work

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Piecework

Noun

Sense 1: Work paid for according to the quantity produced or completed.

Example sentence: The textile factory paid its workers based on the number of garments they produced each day.

Noun

Sense 2: A task or job that is assigned to a worker and paid based on the completion of each individual piece.

Example sentence: She took on a piecework assignment to sew buttons onto shirts.

Adjective

Sense 1: Pertaining to work that is compensated on a per-unit basis.

Example sentence: The piecework bonus motivated the team to increase their productivity.

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