Piecework

['piːswɜːk] or ['piswɝk]

(noun.) work paid for according to the quantity produced.

Inputed by Inez--From WordNet

(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.

Checker: Roland

And I know brickmakers go about working at piecework in different places. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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