(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:00:09

Piece"work` (?), 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.

The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. R. Jefferies.

 

© Webster 1913.

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