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PIECEWORK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does piecework mean?
• PIECEWORK (noun)
The noun PIECEWORK has 1 sense:
1. work paid for according to the quantity produced
Familiarity information: PIECEWORK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Work paid for according to the quantity produced
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("piecework" is a kind of...):
employment; work (the occupation for which you are paid)
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