pieceworker

English

Alternative forms

piece worker
piece-worker

Etymology

piece +‎ worker

Noun

pieceworker (plural pieceworkers)

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

Antonyms

timeworker

Related terms

Translations

A worker paid according to the number of units produced

Catalan: escarader m, preufetaire m or f
French: apiéceur (fr) m, apiéceuse (fr) f
German: Akkordarbeiter (de) m, Akkordarbeiterin (de) f, Stückarbeiter m, Stückarbeiterin f, Stücklohnarbeiter m, Stücklohnarbeiterin f
Polish: akordnik (pl) m (dialectal, colloquial), akordowiec (pl) m (colloquial)
Russian: сде́льщик (ru) m (sdélʹščik)

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