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pieceworker

/pˈiswɜkɚ/ noun

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

Word Origin A pieceworker is someone paid by the piece, not by the hour. Piece from Old French piece 'fragment', and work from Old English weorc 'labor'. The idea: you get paid for each piece you produce. The same root for work gives us network, framework, and teamwork.

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

As a pieceworker, her income depended entirely on how many garments she could sew each day.

(名词) 计件工人

作为计件工人，她的收入完全取决于每天能缝制多少件衣服。

(sustantivo) destajista; trabajador a destajo; obrero a destajo [Un trabajador que es pagado según el número de unidades de trabajo producidas.]

Como trabajadora a destajo, sus ingresos dependían enteramente de cuántas prendas podía coser cada día.

(nom) travailleur aux pièces; ouvrier aux pièces; tâcheron [Ouvrier rémunéré selon le nombre d'unités produites, et non selon le temps de travail.]

En tant que pieceworker, son revenu dépendait entièrement du nombre de vêtements qu'elle pouvait coudre chaque jour.

(Substantiv) Akkordarbeiter; Stücklohnarbeiter [Ein Arbeiter, dessen Lohn sich nach der Anzahl der produzierten Arbeitseinheiten richtet, nicht nach der Arbeitszeit.]

Als **Pieceworker** hing ihr Einkommen davon ab, wie viele Kleidungsstücke sie täglich nähen konnte.

(名詞) 生産した製品の数に応じて賃金が支払われる労働者。

出来高払いの労働者として、彼女の収入は一日に何着縫えるかによって完全に決まっていた。

(substantivo) trabalhador por peça; operário por peça; tarefeiro [Trabalhador que é pago de acordo com o número de unidades de trabalho produzidas.]

Como trabalhadora por peça, sua renda dependia inteiramente de quantas roupas conseguia costurar por dia.

Synonyms: piece-rate worker piecework employee unit worker production worker incentive worker Antonyms: salaried employee hourly worker time-rate worker
Word parts: piece + work + er

Related words

worker workable rework

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