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101piece rate — noun The monetary amount payed per unit of production in the reward scheme of piece work, contrasting to hourly wage and to salary …
102pièce de résistance — (PYESS deu ray zee STANHS) [French] The most notable or important work in a collection; the most remarkable item, feature, event, etc., of a series; a special attraction. The most important course of a meal. The pièce de résistance was… …
103piece of work — informal a person of a specified kind, especially an unpleasant one. → piece …
104piece rate — /ˈpis reɪt/ (say pees rayt) noun payment based on output or production, usually a fixed sum per piece of work turned out …
105piece of music — noun a musical work that has been created the composition is written in four movements • Syn: ↑musical composition, ↑opus, ↑composition, ↑piece • Derivationally related forms: ↑compose (f …
106work of art — noun art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit) (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑art, ↑fine art • Hyponyms: ↑magnum opus, ↑objet d art, ↑art object, ↑ …
107piece price system — noun : a convict labor system in which a private contractor furnishes the raw materials and pays the government a stipulated price for the work done on each piece or article produced …
108work of art — 1. a piece of creative work in the arts, esp. a painting or sculpture. 2. a product that gives aesthetic pleasure and that can be judged separately from any utilitarian considerations. [1825 35] * * * …
109work sheet — 1. a sheet of paper on which work schedules, working time, special instructions, etc., are recorded. 2. a piece or scrap of paper on which problems, ideas, or the like, are set down in tentative form. 3. Also, worksheet. Accounting. a sheet of… …
110piece-work — n. Job work …
