Meaning of piece work | Babel Free

Definitions

Work that a worker is paid for according to the number of units produced, rather than the number of hours worked; work done and paid for by the piece or by the job.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Turning manure and many other things we've hitherto done by day work, we'll do by piece work.”

“We have seen details of the types of work for which volunteers are sought, and these range from the manufacture of camouflage nets, on piece work in the Central London area, enabling approximately 6s. a shift of 4 hours to be earned, [...].”

CEFR level