escarada
Catalan
Etymology
From escar (“drydock”) + -ada, presumably because this kind of work was common in shipyards.
Pronunciation
Noun
escarada f (plural escarades)
- piece work (work paid for by the piece as opposed to by the time worked)
- Synonym: preu fet
Derived terms
Related terms
- escarar
Further reading
- “escarada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007