piece rate

noun

1. compensation based on a worker's quantitative output or production, usually an agreed sum per article of work turned out.

piece rate

noun

1. a fixed rate paid according to the quantity produced

Word History and Origins

Origin of piece rate¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

A given worker receives about a 10-percent increase in pay as a result of the switch to piece rates.

From Washington Post

All of this work can be handled on a piece-rate basis, and most large concerns find this the most economical basis.

From Project Gutenberg

A certain piece rate is paid until standard time is reached.

From Project Gutenberg

To obviate the difficulties found in both the day-wage and piece-rate plans, the premium or bonus system was evolved.

From Project Gutenberg

The slant of the wage line may be at any angle from horizontal, straight piece rate, to coalescence with day rate line.

From Project Gutenberg

The first plan evolved, in the search for a plan that would remedy the inequalities of the day-wage plan, was the piece-rate plan.

From Project Gutenberg