pieceworker

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noun

A worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced.

Opposite
timeworker
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Meanings

nounpieceworker (plural pieceworkers)

plural pieceworkers · alternative piece worker · alternative piece-worker

  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

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
timeworker

Origin

From piece + worker.

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Translations

Bulgarian акорда́нт
  • акорда́нт (akordánt)A worker paid according to the number of units produced
Catalan escarader, preufetaire
  • escaraderA worker paid according to the number of units produced
  • preufetaireA worker paid according to the number of units produced
French apiéceur, apiéceuse
  • apiéceurA worker paid according to the number of units produced
  • apiéceuseA worker paid according to the number of units produced
German Akkordarbeiter, Akkordarbeiterin
  • AkkordarbeiterA worker paid according to the number of units produced
  • AkkordarbeiterinA worker paid according to the number of units produced
  • StückarbeiterA worker paid according to the number of units produced
  • StückarbeiterinA worker paid according to the number of units produced
  • StücklohnarbeiterA worker paid according to the number of units produced
  • StücklohnarbeiterinA worker paid according to the number of units produced
Polish akordnik, akordowiec
  • akordnikA worker paid according to the number of units produced
  • akordowiecA worker paid according to the number of units produced
Russian сде́льщик
  • сде́льщик (sdélʹščik)A worker paid according to the number of units produced
Cite this entry
APA

pieceworker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pieceworker

MLA

“pieceworker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pieceworker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pieceworker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pieceworker.

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