work piece
111piece rate — compensation based on a worker s quantitative output or production, usually an agreed sum per article of work turned out. [1890 95] * * * …
112piece de resistance — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. main course main dish. 2. master work accomplishment, masterpiece, feat, great performance, achievement, master stroke, tour de force, consummation …
113piece — pɪËs n. slice; part; segment; tool; creation, work; coin v. join parts together, attach segments …
114piece — I. n. 1. Part, fragment, bit, scrap. 2. Portion. 3. Thing. 4. Composition, writing, lucubration, literary production, work. 5. Coin. 6. Gun, fire arm. 7. Painting, picture. 8 …
115work·sheet — /ˈwɚkˌʃiːt/ noun, pl sheets [count] 1 : a piece of paper that contains printed exercises and problems to be done by a student 2 : a printed form that is used in planning or calculating something a tax worksheet …
116Of a piece — Piece Piece, n. [OE. pece, F. pi[ e]ce, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. {Petty}.] 1. A fragment or part of anything separated from… …
117To give a piece of one's mind to — Piece Piece, n. [OE. pece, F. pi[ e]ce, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. {Petty}.] 1. A fragment or part of anything separated from… …
118piece of work — Date: 1928 a complicated, difficult, or eccentric person …
119piece-work — see piecework …
120piece of work — n. person of unappealing or undesirable character …
