Definition of piecework in English:

piecework

noun ˈpiːswəːkˈpisˌwərk

mass noun

Work paid for according to the amount produced.
workers did piecework at home
as modifier he was paid on a piecework basis
Example sentencesExamples
- Taylor assumed that piecework incentives would discourage opportunism because workers would be motivated to maximize their earnings.
- Our goal was to have both elders and young people as part of the core group, who could then work with other seamstresses from their communities on specific piecework.
- As well, the greater efficiency of the spinning wheel probably led to lower piecework rates for all spinning, whether with distaff or wheel, despite the fact that wheel-spun yarn was not always the suitable material.
- It is not uncommon for women to do piecework in their homes.
- Various factors were decisive here: more food for better performance, the widespread introduction of piecework wages, and the constant expansion of the plant-internal system of surveillance and punishment.
- The new contract includes piecework payment that would mean workers were only paid for the number of beasts they slaughter and prepare.
- In a bid to encourage dentists to make immediate improvements, the new NHS paid them piecework fees.
- Traditionally paid for piecework - how many apples picked - the workers were now to be paid the minimum wage of $6.50 an hour.
- It turns out that prevailing piecework rates worked out to less than the minimum wage, so it's hardly surprising that people didn't want to take them.
- To support their families, women would bring in piecework from garment factories, make paper flowers to sell, and take in boarders.
- Throughout the 19th century, they used piecework wages and inside subcontracting to control labor costs.
- It is so much bound up with the domestic, the homely, with the kids, with budgeting and making ends meet, and with piecework type occupations.
- By the 1930s, British factory owners had worked out their own variants of labour control which featured piecework incentives combined with the use of skilled labour.
- Coffee workers average only a dollar a day in piecework rates when they have work, about the same as the average price of a cup of coffee in most major cities of the world.
- Thus, Italian women supplemented the family income by taking in boarders and doing piecework alongside their daughters.
- They are independent people doing some kind of piecework.
- Male trade unionists, by contrast, considered piecework anathema, for it was associated in their minds with unskilled labour, exploitative working conditions, and with a loss of control and dignity.
- His parents thought he was crazy, he said, but he did it, while earning a living by doing copywriting piecework at night.
- The division of labor and piecework system was a great deal more sophisticated and modern than has previously been thought.
- Health care is one of the few areas left where society pays on a piecework basis: the more you do, the more you're paid.

Derivatives

pieceworker

nounˈpiːsˌwəːkəˈpisˌwərkər

But despite their celebrity, the efforts of the champions closely resemble those of the smallest cog in the societal machinery: the factory pieceworker.
Example sentencesExamples
- He sees the writer beginning as a cultural worker, a pieceworker in a cottage industry, who must enter into a ‘fiduciary’ relationship with agents and publishers, middlemen, in order to find an audience and earn a living.
- These pieceworkers are hired to perform work at a job site such as installing drywall or tape to a particular number of homes.
- Mexicans were horrified to learn that perishing inside those structures were hundreds of hyperexploited seamstresses and other pieceworkers crammed into more than 500 illegal sweatshops.
- His back was thick enough for toting an oaken ice box, and he would most likely be voiceless, a mute acceptor of direction, of order, a pure pieceworker whose every dollar earned, you could bet, would be quaffed off before nightfall.

Definition of piecework in US English:

piecework

nounˈpisˌwərkˈpēsˌwərk

Work paid for according to the amount produced.
workers did piecework at home
as modifier he was paid on a piecework basis
Example sentencesExamples
- By the 1930s, British factory owners had worked out their own variants of labour control which featured piecework incentives combined with the use of skilled labour.
- Coffee workers average only a dollar a day in piecework rates when they have work, about the same as the average price of a cup of coffee in most major cities of the world.
- Our goal was to have both elders and young people as part of the core group, who could then work with other seamstresses from their communities on specific piecework.
- It is so much bound up with the domestic, the homely, with the kids, with budgeting and making ends meet, and with piecework type occupations.
- Health care is one of the few areas left where society pays on a piecework basis: the more you do, the more you're paid.
- The division of labor and piecework system was a great deal more sophisticated and modern than has previously been thought.
- It turns out that prevailing piecework rates worked out to less than the minimum wage, so it's hardly surprising that people didn't want to take them.
- Male trade unionists, by contrast, considered piecework anathema, for it was associated in their minds with unskilled labour, exploitative working conditions, and with a loss of control and dignity.
- Various factors were decisive here: more food for better performance, the widespread introduction of piecework wages, and the constant expansion of the plant-internal system of surveillance and punishment.
- Thus, Italian women supplemented the family income by taking in boarders and doing piecework alongside their daughters.
- It is not uncommon for women to do piecework in their homes.
- Taylor assumed that piecework incentives would discourage opportunism because workers would be motivated to maximize their earnings.
- In a bid to encourage dentists to make immediate improvements, the new NHS paid them piecework fees.
- Throughout the 19th century, they used piecework wages and inside subcontracting to control labor costs.
- His parents thought he was crazy, he said, but he did it, while earning a living by doing copywriting piecework at night.
- Traditionally paid for piecework - how many apples picked - the workers were now to be paid the minimum wage of $6.50 an hour.
- They are independent people doing some kind of piecework.
- As well, the greater efficiency of the spinning wheel probably led to lower piecework rates for all spinning, whether with distaff or wheel, despite the fact that wheel-spun yarn was not always the suitable material.
- The new contract includes piecework payment that would mean workers were only paid for the number of beasts they slaughter and prepare.
- To support their families, women would bring in piecework from garment factories, make paper flowers to sell, and take in boarders.

单词	piecework
释义	Definition of piecework in English: piecework noun ˈpiːswəːkˈpisˌwərk mass noun Work paid for according to the amount produced. workers did piecework at home as modifier he was paid on a piecework basis Example sentencesExamples Taylor assumed that piecework incentives would discourage opportunism because workers would be motivated to maximize their earnings. Our goal was to have both elders and young people as part of the core group, who could then work with other seamstresses from their communities on specific piecework. As well, the greater efficiency of the spinning wheel probably led to lower piecework rates for all spinning, whether with distaff or wheel, despite the fact that wheel-spun yarn was not always the suitable material. It is not uncommon for women to do piecework in their homes. Various factors were decisive here: more food for better performance, the widespread introduction of piecework wages, and the constant expansion of the plant-internal system of surveillance and punishment. The new contract includes piecework payment that would mean workers were only paid for the number of beasts they slaughter and prepare. In a bid to encourage dentists to make immediate improvements, the new NHS paid them piecework fees. Traditionally paid for piecework - how many apples picked - the workers were now to be paid the minimum wage of $6.50 an hour. It turns out that prevailing piecework rates worked out to less than the minimum wage, so it's hardly surprising that people didn't want to take them. To support their families, women would bring in piecework from garment factories, make paper flowers to sell, and take in boarders. Throughout the 19th century, they used piecework wages and inside subcontracting to control labor costs. It is so much bound up with the domestic, the homely, with the kids, with budgeting and making ends meet, and with piecework type occupations. By the 1930s, British factory owners had worked out their own variants of labour control which featured piecework incentives combined with the use of skilled labour. Coffee workers average only a dollar a day in piecework rates when they have work, about the same as the average price of a cup of coffee in most major cities of the world. Thus, Italian women supplemented the family income by taking in boarders and doing piecework alongside their daughters. They are independent people doing some kind of piecework. Male trade unionists, by contrast, considered piecework anathema, for it was associated in their minds with unskilled labour, exploitative working conditions, and with a loss of control and dignity. His parents thought he was crazy, he said, but he did it, while earning a living by doing copywriting piecework at night. The division of labor and piecework system was a great deal more sophisticated and modern than has previously been thought. Health care is one of the few areas left where society pays on a piecework basis: the more you do, the more you're paid. Derivatives pieceworker nounˈpiːsˌwəːkəˈpisˌwərkər But despite their celebrity, the efforts of the champions closely resemble those of the smallest cog in the societal machinery: the factory pieceworker. Example sentencesExamples He sees the writer beginning as a cultural worker, a pieceworker in a cottage industry, who must enter into a ‘fiduciary’ relationship with agents and publishers, middlemen, in order to find an audience and earn a living. These pieceworkers are hired to perform work at a job site such as installing drywall or tape to a particular number of homes. Mexicans were horrified to learn that perishing inside those structures were hundreds of hyperexploited seamstresses and other pieceworkers crammed into more than 500 illegal sweatshops. His back was thick enough for toting an oaken ice box, and he would most likely be voiceless, a mute acceptor of direction, of order, a pure pieceworker whose every dollar earned, you could bet, would be quaffed off before nightfall. Definition of piecework in US English: piecework nounˈpisˌwərkˈpēsˌwərk Work paid for according to the amount produced. workers did piecework at home as modifier he was paid on a piecework basis Example sentencesExamples By the 1930s, British factory owners had worked out their own variants of labour control which featured piecework incentives combined with the use of skilled labour. Coffee workers average only a dollar a day in piecework rates when they have work, about the same as the average price of a cup of coffee in most major cities of the world. Our goal was to have both elders and young people as part of the core group, who could then work with other seamstresses from their communities on specific piecework. It is so much bound up with the domestic, the homely, with the kids, with budgeting and making ends meet, and with piecework type occupations. Health care is one of the few areas left where society pays on a piecework basis: the more you do, the more you're paid. The division of labor and piecework system was a great deal more sophisticated and modern than has previously been thought. It turns out that prevailing piecework rates worked out to less than the minimum wage, so it's hardly surprising that people didn't want to take them. Male trade unionists, by contrast, considered piecework anathema, for it was associated in their minds with unskilled labour, exploitative working conditions, and with a loss of control and dignity. Various factors were decisive here: more food for better performance, the widespread introduction of piecework wages, and the constant expansion of the plant-internal system of surveillance and punishment. Thus, Italian women supplemented the family income by taking in boarders and doing piecework alongside their daughters. It is not uncommon for women to do piecework in their homes. Taylor assumed that piecework incentives would discourage opportunism because workers would be motivated to maximize their earnings. In a bid to encourage dentists to make immediate improvements, the new NHS paid them piecework fees. Throughout the 19th century, they used piecework wages and inside subcontracting to control labor costs. His parents thought he was crazy, he said, but he did it, while earning a living by doing copywriting piecework at night. Traditionally paid for piecework - how many apples picked - the workers were now to be paid the minimum wage of $6.50 an hour. They are independent people doing some kind of piecework. As well, the greater efficiency of the spinning wheel probably led to lower piecework rates for all spinning, whether with distaff or wheel, despite the fact that wheel-spun yarn was not always the suitable material. The new contract includes piecework payment that would mean workers were only paid for the number of beasts they slaughter and prepare. To support their families, women would bring in piecework from garment factories, make paper flowers to sell, and take in boarders.
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