Usually means: Done in separate, gradual stages.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. piecemeal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. piecemeal: Merriam-Webster
  3. piecemeal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. piecemeal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. piecemeal: Collins English Dictionary
  6. piecemeal: Vocabulary.com
  7. Piecemeal, piecemeal: Wordnik
  8. piecemeal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. piecemeal: Wiktionary
  10. piecemeal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. piecemeal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. piecemeal: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Piecemeal, piecemeal: Dictionary.com
  14. piecemeal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. piecemeal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Piecemeal (Cyborg villain), Piecemeal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Piecemeal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. piecemeal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. piecemeal: Rhymezone
  20. Piecemeal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. piecemeal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. piecemeal: FreeDictionary.org
  23. piecemeal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. piecemeal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. PIECEMEAL: Accounting Glossary
  3. Piecemeal (comics), piecemeal: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Piecemeal (comics), piecemeal: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.
adverb:  Piece by piece; in small amounts, stages, or degrees.
adverb:  Into pieces or parts.
verb:  (transitive) To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember.
noun:  A fragment; a scrap.

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