Piece-work

  • 71work sheet — noun 1. a. : a sheet that is used in making preliminary plans, auxiliary computations, notes, or comments as a guide in doing some piece of work b. : a specially prepared sheet, pamphlet, or booklet containing data of assistance in planning and… …

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  • 72piece — noun 1 separate amount; parts of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, large, long ▪ little, short, small, tiny ▪ …

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  • 73piece*/*/*/ — [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… …

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  • 74Piece by Piece (documentary) — infobox Film name = Piece by Piece director = Nic Hill editing = Nic Hill John Murillo producer = Ed Walker Tom Quickel Noah Tsutsui released = January 3, 2005 runtime = 78 minutes distributor = Underdog Pictures Piece By Piece is a documentary… …

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  • 75piece — {{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… …

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  • 76piece —    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… …

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  • 77work 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 …

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  • 78Work-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… …

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  • 79work — I. noun Etymology: Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc; akin to Old High German werc work, Greek ergon, Avestan varəzem activity Date: before 12th century 1. activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform… …

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  • 80Work breakdown structure — A work breakdown structure or WBS is a tree structure, that permits summing of subordinate costs for tasks, materials, etc., into their successively higher level “parent” tasks, materials, etc. It is a fundamental tool commonly used in project… …

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