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piecework
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun piecework has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
piecework, 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. [1913 Webster]
"The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre."
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