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pieceworker

pieceworker noun: a worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced.

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

Antonyms of pieceworker

Forms of pieceworker

pluralpieceworkers
alternative formpiece worker
alternative formpiece-worker

Origin of pieceworker

From piece + worker.

Questions about pieceworker

What does pieceworker mean?
Pieceworker means a worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced.
What part of speech is pieceworker?
Pieceworker is a noun.
What is the plural of pieceworker?
The plural of pieceworker is pieceworkers.

Words near pieceworker in the dictionary

  1. piecewise-defined
  2. piecewise-linear
  3. piecewisely
  4. piecewiseness
  5. piecework
  6. pieceworker
  7. pieceworkers
  8. Piech
  9. piechart
  10. piecharts
  11. Pieches

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