day-work
Paid by day
Day-work is labor paid by the day rather than by the piece, project, or hour.
The term appears in construction and agriculture where workers might otherwise be paid per unit completed: The contractor hired extra hands for day-work during the busy season.
It emphasizes time spent rather than output produced.
Relaxed and informal
- pieceworkPay per unit produced
- hiredGiven employment
- wagesPayment for work
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
manual · temporary · hourly · jobbing · handyman · odd-jobs · contractor · laborer
Gathering mature crops
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- pickerOne who gathers
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
laborer · migrant · planting · weeding · hoeing · cultivation · crop · gleaning
Constructing with mortared blocks
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- repairsRestorative maintenance work
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- buildingEnclosed roofed structure
renovation · plastering · carpentry · roofing · painting · scaffolding · tradework · repointing
casual
Relaxed and informal
unskilled · manual · temporary · hourly · jobbing · handyman · odd-jobs · contractor · laborer · taskwork
harvest
Gathering mature crops
fieldwork · laborer · migrant · planting · weeding · hoeing · cultivation · crop · gleaning · threshing
bricklaying
Constructing with mortared blocks
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- repairsRestorative maintenance work
- maintenancePreserving working condition
building · renovation · plastering · carpentry · roofing · painting · scaffolding · tradework · repointing · stonework
day-workpiecework
Pay per unit produced
contract work · annual salary · commission work · retainer · monthly salary
day-workpermanent employment
Ongoing work with no termination date
permanent position · full-time employment · lifetime employment · permanent contract · long-term contract
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