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Piecework

Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed.

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Employment 76% connected

The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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unemployment noun · 85% connection

the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator…

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Booking noun · 84% connection

employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"

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Coaching noun · 84% connection

the job of a professional coach

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Engagement noun · 84% connection

employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"

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Ministry noun · 84% connection

the work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry"

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Navigation noun · 84% connection

the work of a sailor

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Sailing noun · 84% connection

the work of a sailor

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Seafaring noun · 84% connection

the work of a sailor

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Service noun · 84% connection

employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service"

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Business cycle noun · 78% connection

recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline

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Demand noun · 78% connection

the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

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Economic crisis noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Economic growth noun · 78% connection

steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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GDP noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Global demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Interest group noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up…

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Labor market noun · 78% connection

the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers

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Amount noun · 78% connection

The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the a…

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Botch noun · 78% connection

Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finish…

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C. G. S. unknown · 78% connection

An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centim…

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Cost verb · 78% connection

The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, s…

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Credit verb · 78% connection

To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit…

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Deed verb · 78% connection

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

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Drawback noun · 78% connection

Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitt…

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Erg noun · 78% connection

The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimete…

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Estimate verb · 78% connection

To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calcula…

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Fact noun · 78% connection

The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the…

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Fluxion noun · 78% connection

A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their…

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Goodish adjective · 78% connection

large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"…

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