timework

[ tahym-wurk ]

/ ˈtaɪmˌwɜrk /

noun

work done and paid for by the hour or day.

Words nearby timework

timesaving, timescale, timeserver, timespan, timetable, timework, timeworn, timid, timing, timing belt, timing chain

Compare piecework.

Origin of timework

First recorded in 1820–30; time + work

OTHER WORDS FROM timework

time·work·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for timework

In 1843 the dispute was allowed to end, when the five firms promised to pay the women on timework at rates between 7s.
Women in the Printing Trades.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for timework

timework

/ (ˈtaɪmˌwɜːk) /

noun

work paid for by the length of time taken, esp by the hour or the dayCompare piecework

Derived forms of timework

timeworker, noun

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