7/9/1990 , James Daly, Apple developers find Claris reversal tough to swallow, There is the opportunity for Apple to be level-handed and fair, and there is the chance for them not to be.
2001 , Grant Tracey , Filmography of American History , The scenes in which they confront Sister Helen are powerfully balanced--director Tim Robbins presents their passion and pain with a level-handed touch.
2005 , Anthony Powell , Some Poets, Artists & 'A Reference for Mellors' , No painter qualifies more than Hogarth as a painter of 'social criticism', but none, at the same time, was more level-handed in his use of that criterion. . If the rich were called to order, the poor were certainly not sentimentalised.
1904 , The Engineer - Volume 98 , There is practically no level-handed work at present, and therefore level-handed money is not paid.
1925 , United States Bureau of Labor Statistics , Wages and Hours of Labor in the Iron and Steel Industry , The custom of level-handed work (two employees dividing the work and pay of one or more occupations evenly) has been increasing in practice since the bureau first made a study of this industry.
1913 , Industrial World - Volume 47, Issue 2 , Another matter that is objected to in Mr. Campbell's statement and policy, is his allegation that the puddlers object to employing helpers, prefering level-handed men instead.
1836 , The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature of the year 1835 , Now we are level-handed ; you've got 5l. and I've got 5l.
1847 , Alexander Harris , Settlers and convicts; or, Recollections of sixteen years' labour in the Australian Backwoods , “ Yes," I said, “ but you 've been milking mine, and that makes the difference again the other way.†“ Well, say we 're level-handed, and I'll make a chop with you.â€
2012 , Alfred Hutton , The Sword Through the Centuries , If the man on the side of the previous victor is successful, the contest is decided ; but if so far the sides are "level-handed," there must be the third bout to end the matter as to who shall carry off the hat.
Adverb
level-handed
(employment, obsolete) With work and earnings shared equally.
1922 , United States Bureau of Labor Statistics , Wages and Hours of Labor Series - Issues 44-50 , In sheet mills the custom of two rollers working level-handed (dividing the pay evenly), instead of one roller working with a helper, has been increasing in recent years.
1869 , Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review , It would have been possible for them to work “level-handed †themselves in the absence of the under-hands, and by that means have saved Mr. Johnson considerable expense, annoyance, and inconvenience, but they would not do so without extra pay, and that not being allowed, they went away in a body.
1920 , The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science , Very often, particularly in the boiling department, the journeyman and his helper work “level-handed,†and divide the earnings equally.
(cricket) Without a handicap.
2014 , John Stern & ‎Marcus Williams , The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack , ...however incredulous most of us then were as to the chances of success the Colonials would have, all heartily applauded the pluck of young Australia in coming so far to play the game, level-handed, against the well-seasoned skilled cricketers of old England.
1894 , Henry Custance , Riding Recollections and Turf Stories , I have got a single-wicket match on with Jackson " — he was the great bookmaker known as " Jock of Fairfield "— " for ,£5." I said : " You are surely not going to play him level-handed?
