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Meanings of piece work in English

Russian
сдельная заработная плата
Catalan
treball a preu fet
Spanish
trabajo a destajo

Employment system where the worker is paid according to the number of units produced.

сдельная заработная плата
Usage of piece work in English
1
She works on piece work now, getting the same rate as men.
Mobilizing Woman-Power
2
Each piece work price was accepted by the men without question.
Shop Management
3
Wired: 26 Animals is a three piece work of art.
Wired
4
I guess you could get sentimental about piece work in a factory-afteryoud quit.
"Same old Bill, eh Mable!"
5
This increase was due to the introduction of piece work.
Shop Management
6
The accuracy of inspection under piece work was one-third greater than under day work.
Shop Management
7
Absolutely correct piece work prices cannot be given as different localities have different prices.
Theory of Silk Weaving / A Treatise on the Construction and Appl...
8
Wages differ - hourly or piece work-according to the crop.
The new yorker
9
It's piece work, but when animators are being paid to animate, the money is excellent.
Mooch
10
It is, however, under piece work that the art of systematic soldiering is thoroughly developed.
Shop Management
11
But this way it's going to be piece work.
Plague Ship
12
Everyone's competing for spots and Robin McBryde has done great things with all his set- piece work.
The Irish Times
13
The tobacco factories found solution in piece work with bonus for excess over the required stint.
American Negro Slavery / A Survey of the Supply, Employment and ...
14
He must, at least in a general way, supervise the timekeeping and fix piece work rates.
Shop Management
15
In the expense account we include all charges except raw silk, throwing, dyeing and piece work.
Theory of Silk Weaving / A Treatise on the Construction and Appl...
16
This was done in this case through establishing what is known as differential rate piece work.
The Principles of Scientific Management