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pieceworker en · NOUN

Etymology

From piece + worker.

Meanings

1. A worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced.
   • The lowliest of employees, piece workers were paid only for each bird or mammal they stuffed, or each fossil they prepared. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 245:

Forms

Antonyms

timeworker

Relateds

piece-work · piece work · piecework

Translations (14)

de Stücklohnarbeiterin (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · ca escarader (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · fr apiéceur (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · fr apiéceuse (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · de Stückarbeiterin (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · de Stücklohnarbeiter (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · pl akordnik (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · ca preufetaire (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · ru сде́льщик (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · de Akkordarbeiter (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · bg акорда́нт (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · de Akkordarbeiterin (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · de Stückarbeiter (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) · pl akordowiec (A worker paid according to the number of units produced)