A rate of payment for piecework; a system of payment based on the amount of work produced.

Used in expressions indicating the multiple of the usual rate of pay that is to be paid in particular circumstances (most commonly for overtime), as…

Payment in proportion to the period worked; esp. payment which brings an employee's account up to date. Also: certification (in the form of a…

spec. A guaranteed minimum rate of pay, to which additions may be made for productivity, overtime, etc. Cf. basic rate n. (a) at basic, adj. n.1addit…

(a) the standard levy paid to dockers, etc., at a port; (b) wages fixed at a hiring market (see sense 1d) (now historical and rare).

the rate of payment by the trip: see trip system n.

(a) the rate at which something takes place over time; (b) a rate of payment calculated on the basis of time worked (contrasted with piece-rate, n.).