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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Piecework

/pēs'-wẽrkˌ/ · Piece·work · IPA /pˈiːswˌɜrk/
01 n. Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.
  1. 1.
    Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.
    “The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre.” — R. Jefferies.