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PRONUNCIATION OF PIECE RATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIECE RATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Piece rate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIECE RATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Piece work

Piece work is any type of employment in which a worker is paid a fixed piece rate for each unit produced or action performed regardless of time.

Definition of piece rate in the English dictionary

The definition of piece rate in the dictionary is a fixed rate paid according to the quantity produced.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIECE RATE

piece
piece goods
piece of cake
piece of eight
piece of piss
piece out
piece to camera
piece-dyed
pieceless
piecemeal
piecen
piecener
piecer
pieces
pieces of eight
piecewise
piecewise function
piecework
pieceworker
piecrust

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIECE RATE

accurate
at any rate
base lending rate
base rate
basic rate
bit rate
call rate
exchange rate
flat rate
heart rate
higher rate
hit rate
infant mortality rate
infection rate
interest rate
metabolic rate
mortality rate
mortgage rate
tax rate
unemployment rate
VAT rate

Synonyms and antonyms of piece rate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «piece rate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIECE RATE

Find out the translation of piece rate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of piece rate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «piece rate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

计件工资
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

destajo
570 millions of speakers

English

piece rate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टुकड़ा दर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالقطعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сдельно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

taxa de peça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুকরা হার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à la pièce
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kadar sepotong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stücklohn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単価
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성과급
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piece Rate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

theo sản phẩm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துண்டு விகிதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुकडा दर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parça ücreti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cottimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stawka kawałek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відрядно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rata de piesă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

με το κομμάτι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stuk koers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ackordslön
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stykke sats
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of piece rate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIECE RATE»

The term «piece rate» is regularly used and occupies the 107.949 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIECE RATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about piece rate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIECE RATE»

Discover the use of piece rate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to piece rate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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COST ACCOUNTING: THEORY AND PRACTICE
The fixation of piece rate generally depends upon: (i) comparable time rate for the same class of workers, and (ii) expected output, in a given time. The piece rate is usually fixed with the help of work study (see p. 130). Standard time for each ...
BHABATOSH BANERJEE, 2006
2
Industrial Labour in India
Merrick Multiple Piece Rate Plan. Mr. Dwight V. Merrick realised that it was unreasonable and unrealistic to classify all workers into two categories only, viz., workers of high efficiency and those of low efficiency because there were various  ...
Rajendra Kumar Sharma, 1997
3
Cost Accounting
A company has set 5 units per hour as the standard output, each unit having a piece rate of Rs. 3. In a normal day of 8 hours, X produces 35 units and Y produces 50 units. The usual hourly rate applicable to all workers is Rs. 15. Find out the ...
Rajasekaran V., 2010
4
Cost Accounting Theory, Typical Problems with Full Solution
Classification of Piece-Rate System The Piece-Rate System can be classified into the following three heads — (a) Straight Piece-Rate, (b) Piece-Rate with Graduated Time Rate, (c) Differential Piece-Rate. (a) Straight Piece-Rate— In this  ...
5
Practicals in Cost Accounts
Problem No. 7 From the following information calculate the earnings of workers A and B as under : (1) Straight Piece Rate (2) Differential piece rate system ( Taylor's differential piece rate system). Normal Rate per hour Rs. 6. Standard output ...
6
A Textbook of Costing Principles
(b) Differential Piece- Rate System Flat piece rates often induce workers to limit output to levels suited to their earning plans, especially where the incidence of taxation rates is rising. To overcome this tendency, differential piece rate systems  ...
7
Economics
Many studies indicate that paying workers piece rate (that is, by the amount they produce) instead of by the hour significantly increases worker productivity and worker pay. Yet few firms use piece rates. The human resource literature gives ...
Walter J. Wessels
8
Censuses of Population and Housing, 1960: Procedural History
Piece-rate enumeration in piece-rate ED's (including training and fieldreview fees , and 5¢ per mile for time en route where applicable)......... l9.0¢ 2. All enumeration in piece-rate ED's (includes all hourly-rate cleanup in piece-rate ED's).
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1966
9
Procedural Report on the 1960 Censuses of Population and Housing
Piece-rate enumeration in piece—rate ED'S (including training and field-review fees, and 5¢ per mile for time en route where applicable)........................................ 16.3¢ 16.2¢ 11.4¢ 19.o¢ 2. All enumeration in piece—rate ED'S (includes all ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1963
10
Human Resource Management
Table 15.1 The Classification Based on Taylor's Differential Piece Rate Plan Normal output per week =120 pieces; Actual output for the week =150 pieces We shall now compute the earnings as per Taylor's differential piece rate. Efficiency ...
Durai, Durai Pravin

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIECE RATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term piece rate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dealing with Piece Rate
The subject of piece-rate workers getting paid for their break time has been getting a lot of questions lately after the Washington State Supreme ... «AgInfo.net, Jul 15»
2
Washington High Court: Piece Rate Compensation Alone Does Not …
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that employers must provide agricultural piece rate workers with extra compensation for their rest ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
3
Groups Dealing With Ruling
We reported the other day that the Washington State Supreme Court last week ruled that employers must now pay piece rate workers for break ... «AgInfo.net, Jul 15»
4
California paid sick leave law amendments: effective immediately
... before taking leave the employee had different hourly rates, was paid commissions or a piece rate, or was a non-exempt salaried employee, ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
5
State's high court says ag workers must have paid breaks
Attorneys for the family-owned Burlington, Wash., berry operation had argued the previous Sakuma policy of setting its piece rate with rest ... «The Packer, Jul 15»
6
Washington's Highest Court Rules Piece Rate Compensation Does …
Like all compensation methods, piece rate compensation plans – under which an employee is compensated based on the number of “pieces” ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
7
WA State Piece Rate Workers Must Be Compensated for Breaks
The WA Supreme Court decided on July 16, 2015 in Demetrio v. Sakuma Bros. Farms, Inc. that employers must pay piece rate workers for rest ... «AgWeb, Jul 15»
8
Sage Grouse Initiative & Piece Rate
During a press conference call yesterday, NRCS Chief Jason Weller announced the new NRCS Sage-Grouse Report, Success on the Range. «AgInfo.net, Jul 15»
9
The inside story of the Kentex disaster: '74 workers died but no one …
Frederick was on a piece rate like the majority of workers at the factory. More than 65% of Kentex's workforce was hired on a casual basis, with ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
California "Cures" Its New Paid Sick Leave Law
... look back method if the employee had different hourly rates, was paid by commission or piece rate, or was a nonexempt salaried employee. «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»

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