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Noun: pieceworker  'pees,wur-ku(r)
  1. A worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced
    "As a pieceworker in the garment factory, her income depended on how many shirts she could sew each day"

Derived forms: pieceworkers

Type of: worker

Encyclopedia: Pieceworker