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Definition of Daywork
1. work done on a daily basis [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daywork
Literary usage of Daywork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Machine Shop Management by John Herbert Van Deventer (1915)
"daywork. daywork is the oldest recorded form of wage payment. ... The fact that
daywork does not necessarily mean high . cost is evidenced by the fact that ..."
2. Course in Modern Production Methods by Business Training Corporation (1920)
"daywork is the oldest system of pay. In many ways it is the best. People are
beginning to find this out, although for several years daywork was considered ..."
3. West Ham: A Study in Social and Industrial Problems; Being the Report of the by Outer London Inquiry Committee (1907)
"The methods of remuneration are mainly two, daywork and piecework, and the
percentages of work done in these ways may be seen from the table on next page. ..."
4. Report of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American (1897)
"... but we do mean that in all piecework it is more proper and necessary to watch
the work than to watch the men, and it is usually the opposite in daywork. ..."
5. Success in the Small Shop by John Herbert Van Deventer (1918)
"With ordinary daywork, the old labor cost was 10c. per piece, and the burden cost
... daywork WITH AN INCENTIVE When you examine daywork with an incentive, ..."
6. Cost Accounting: Principles and Practice by John Packard Jordan, Gould Leach Harris (1920)
"The daywork system is not as common as formerly, owing to the adoption of piece,
premium, bonus, and other special methods of wage payment. ..."
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