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piece worker

piece worker is the alternative form of pieceworker.

Meaning of pieceworker

Noun

pieceworker (plural pieceworkers)

  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 of piece worker

pluralpiece workers

Questions about piece worker

What is piece worker the alternative form of?
Piece worker is the alternative form of pieceworker.

Words near piece worker in the dictionary

  1. piece tables
  2. piece to camera
  3. piece together
  4. piece up
  5. piece work
  6. piece worker
  7. piece workers
  8. piece-bag
  9. piece-bags
  10. piece-dye
  11. piece-dyed

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