Definition

1. Noun:
   • Work points: A system of accounting used in agricultural cooperatives where a member's daily labor contribution is quantified into points. These points determine the individual's share of the collective income or harvest.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong hợp tác xã cũ, thu nhập của nông dân được tính bằng công điểm. (In the old cooperative, farmers' income was calculated based on work points.)
  • Mỗi ngày làm việc, bà tôi có thể kiếm được mười công điểm. (For each day of work, my grandmother could earn ten work points.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "công điểm" is historically specific, primarily associated with the collectivized agriculture period in 20th-century Vietnam. It is less common in contemporary market-economy contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Công lao động (n): A workday unit; a day's labor. This is a more general term for a unit of labor, not necessarily a point-based system within a cooperative.
  • Công trình này cần hàng nghìn công lao động. (This project requires thousands of workdays.)

Synonyms

• Labor points: Points earned for work.
• Work credits: Credits allocated for labor performed.

Related Idioms

• Ăn theo công điểm: To receive a share (of food, income) according to one's accumulated work points.
  • Thời đó, gia đình nào cũng ăn theo công điểm. (In that era, every family received their share based on work points.)