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Definition of By the piece
1. Adverb. One piece at a time. "She sold the plates by the piece"
Lexicographical Neighbors of By The Piece
Literary usage of By the piece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"... as a general rule, work by the piece, time-work being the exception, while
those in the country work by the day, the exception being work by the piece. ..."
2. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1807)
"... on the weft by the faid boundary line; and on the north by the piece of land next
... or thereabouts ; bounded on the fouth by the piece of land ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1869)
"... excited in a high degree the indignation of the fraternity of the board, who
considered themselves insulted and held up to public ridicule by the piece. ..."
4. The Missionary Gazetteer: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Account ...by Bela Bates Edwards, Charles Williams by Bela Bates Edwards, Charles Williams (1832)
"About that time, the workmen began to be paid by the piece, and as a consequence
of this, the amount of work performed daily lias been doubled. and at the ..."
5. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"In this case it does not; because we don't contract by the piece, but by the yard.
But the person that contracts for this linen, contracts by the piece ? ..."
6. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam ( Smith, Joseph Shield Nicholson (1895)
"But though the wear and are liberally paid by the piece, are very apt to tear
... That destined for perform- workmen are paid by the piece; as they ge- ing ..."
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