pieceworker

English

Alternative forms

• piece worker
• piece-worker

Etymology

piece +‎ worker

Noun

pieceworker (plural pieceworkers)

1. 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

• piecework
• piece-work
• piece work

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)