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by the piece

by the piece prepositional phrase: at a pay rate for each item produced, according to the amount completed.

Prepositional phrase

  1. At a pay rate for each item produced, according to the amount completed.

Questions about by the piece

What does by the piece mean?
By the piece means at a pay rate for each item produced, according to the amount completed.
What part of speech is by the piece?
By the piece is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by the piece in the dictionary

  1. by the looks of things
  2. by the minute
  3. by the moment
  4. by the name of
  5. by the numbers
  6. by the piece
  7. by the rood
  8. by the same token
  9. by the score
  10. by the skin of one's teeth
  11. by the sly

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