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piece rate
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piece rate
n
(Business / Commerce) a fixed rate paid according to the quantity produced
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piece rate n (Industry) → tariffa a cottimo
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This is followed by a chapter on the general strike of 1900 in Troyes and subsequent lock-out, where over twelve thousand men and women textile workers struggled over wages and piece rates in particular and for a social republic in general.
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