Piece+of+work
51piece*/*/*/ — [piːs] noun [C] I 1) an individual object of a particular type I ve used four pieces of paper already.[/ex] a piece of equipment/furniture[/ex] Police found several pieces of clothing.[/ex] 2) a single instance or amount of something of a… …
52piece — {{11}}piece (n.) early 13c., fixed amount, measure, portion, from O.Fr. piece (11c.), from V.L. *pettia, probably from Gaulish (Cf. Welsh peth thing, Breton pez piece ), perhaps from an Old Celtic base *pett . Related: Pieces. Sense of portable… …
53piece — 1. a female viewed sexually by a male Literally, a part of something and a synonym of bit1: The greatest little piece in the business, and for half a page in your rag she ll do it. (Deighton, 1972) More often as a piece of arse or… …
54work in progress — noun a piece of work that is not yet finished (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑work, ↑piece of work * * * : work with which an artist or writer is engaged but which is not completed or approaching completion …
55Work-life balance — The expression work life balance was first used in the late 1970s to describe the balance between an individual s work and personal life. (New Ways to Work and the Working Mother s Association in the United Kingdom). In the United States, this… …
56piece — I. n 1. American a gun. An underworld euphemism. 2. a graffiti artist s oeuvre. A shortening of piece of work or masterpiece and forming part of the graffiti subculture lexicon of the 1980s. ► Kids do it mainly for the clothes jeans or trainers,… …
57work — n 1. labor, toil, exertion, effort, endeavor, exercise; travail, drudgery, slavery, sweat, moil, grind; handwork, spadework, legwork; industry, diligence, trouble, pains; stress, strain, Inf. elbow grease; discipline, drill, workout, exercising,… …
58Piece — A Piece may be:* A single unit * A Musical piece a work of music * A firearm * Any apparatus used to smoke cannabis, but usually a pipe * A chess piece * A puzzle piece.Pieces may refer to: * Pieces (Band), The band consisting of Buckethead and… …
59piece 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… …
60piece 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 …
