task-workn.

Etymology: < task n. + work n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtask-work.

1. Work performed as a task; forced labour; hence, oppressive or burdensome work.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > forced, statute, or feudal work

week-worklOE

servicec1300

corvée1340

task-work1582

statute work1683

statute labour1729

statute duty1753

slave labour1820

forced labour1872

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 15 Shee frams firmlye statuts, and task wurcks equalye parteth.

1814 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 241 It was the heaviest task-work I ever went through.

1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 14 Jan. (1941) 7 I feel a dislike to order and to task-work of all kinds.

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xxxviii. 28 The canal-cutting..was..distributed under their measurement as task-work among the contingents of the various nations.

1885 Bible (R.V.) Prov. xii. 24.

2. Work done by the piece; piece-work.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > piecework

task-work1486

piecework1549

setwork1720

job work1780

measured work1834

measure-work1852

great work1855

piece labour1859

1486–7 in E. B. Jupp Carpenters' Co. (1887) 349 That no persone of the said crafte hereafter make any foreign carpenter his fellows..in any taske werke takyng.

1581 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 344 a Tasque work viz. to John Rose for a Mount.

1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 77 They work'd two or three Times as much by Task-work as by the Day, or by the Tide.

1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 142 In Cornish mines, the sinking of shafts and the driving of levels is paid by tut-work or task-work, at so much per fathom.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	task-work
释义	task-workn. Etymology: < task n. + work n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtask-work. 1. Work performed as a task; forced labour; hence, oppressive or burdensome work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > forced, statute, or feudal work week-worklOE servicec1300 corvée1340 task-work1582 statute work1683 statute labour1729 statute duty1753 slave labour1820 forced labour1872 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 15 Shee frams firmlye statuts, and task wurcks equalye parteth. 1814 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 241 It was the heaviest task-work I ever went through. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 14 Jan. (1941) 7 I feel a dislike to order and to task-work of all kinds. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xxxviii. 28 The canal-cutting..was..distributed under their measurement as task-work among the contingents of the various nations. 1885 Bible (R.V.) Prov. xii. 24. 2. Work done by the piece; piece-work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > piecework task-work1486 piecework1549 setwork1720 job work1780 measured work1834 measure-work1852 great work1855 piece labour1859 1486–7 in E. B. Jupp Carpenters' Co. (1887) 349 That no persone of the said crafte hereafter make any foreign carpenter his fellows..in any taske werke takyng. 1581 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 344 a Tasque work viz. to John Rose for a Mount. 1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 77 They work'd two or three Times as much by Task-work as by the Day, or by the Tide. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 142 In Cornish mines, the sinking of shafts and the driving of levels is paid by tut-work or task-work, at so much per fathom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1486
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