| 单词 | piecework job |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiecework job 1. Work for which an employee is paid according to the amount produced, rather than receiving a fixed wage. Also attributive, as piecework job, piecework system, etc. rare before 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > piecework task-work1486 piecework1549 setwork1720 job work1780 measured work1834 measure-work1852 great work1855 piece labour1859 1549 Coventry Leet Bk. 792 No persone of the Craft of Cappers shall put owt eny pece-woork, but to suche of the same Craft as the maisters..shall agree & consent vnto. 1729 Acct. all Variations contained in Treaty of Peace 28 The Manufacturers had a valuable Consideration for their daily Labour or Piece Work. 1770 J. Wedgwood Let. 12 May in Sel. Lett. (1965) 91 You will certainly do right in bringing the painting to piece work. 1817 H. L. Piozzi Let. 14 Apr. in A. Hayward Autobiogr. Mrs. Piozzi (1861) II. 200 A gentleman..called fifteen of his principal people..and told them he was no longer able to give them piece-work. 1890 Daily News 1 Nov. 3/2 This is one of the last of the piece-work jobs in Victoria Dock under the agreement of last November. 1911 Rep. Labour & Social Conditions in Germany (Tariff Reform League) III. 186 There was a lock-out in the building trade, owing to a grievance in the piecework system. 1992 D. Morgan Rising in West iii. x. 175 Eldon figured he could make more doing piecework in the orchards. < as lemmas |
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