piece rate
1piece rate — ➔ rate1 * * * piece rate UK US noun [C] HR ► a way of paying for work that is based on a fixed rate for a particular amount done rather than the time it takes to do the job: »They employed workers in developing countries and paid them on a piece… …
2piece-rate — UK US noun [C] HR ► a way of paying for work that is based on a fixed rate for a particular amount done rather than the time it takes to do the job: »They employed workers in developing countries and paid them on a piece rate. piece rate… …
3piece rate — piece ,rate noun count or uncount a rate of pay by which you get a particular amount of money for each piece of work you complete rather than for the amount of time taken to do it …
4piece rate — In bulk mail, the postage charged for each mailpiece in addition to the pound rate charge, if applicable, for the entire mailing …
5piece rate — noun : the price per unit of production paid to a pieceworker * * * compensation based on a worker s quantitative output or production, usually an agreed sum per article of work turned out. [1890 95] * * * piece rate noun A fixed rate paid… …
6piece rate — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms piece rate : singular piece rate plural piece rates a rate of pay by which you get a particular amount of money for each piece of work that you complete rather than for the amount of time it takes… …
7piece rate — A payment scheme in which an employee is paid a specific price for each unit made. The rate is therefore directly related to output and not to time (compare time rate). This method is often combined with a basic salary and takes the form of a… …
8piece rate — noun (C) an amount of money that is paid for each thing a worker produces: The piece rate was $2.00 per skirt …
9piece rate — / pi:s reɪt/ noun a rate of pay calculated as an amount for each product produced or for each piece of work done and not as an amount for each hour worked ● to earn piece rates …
10piece rate — noun The monetary amount payed per unit of production in the reward scheme of piece work, contrasting to hourly wage and to salary …
