pieceworker

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Etymology

From 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.

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