wagelessadj.
/ˈweɪdʒlɪs/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages > not
unpaid1434
unwaged1538
unpaid1547
lean1581
unhired1617
wagelessa1618
honorary1631
irremunerateda1648
hireless1651
unsatisfied1654
unsalaried1836
non-paid1866
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 934 If, Tithe-less, Tax-less, Wage-less, Right-less, I Haue eat the Crop, or caus'd the Owners die.
2. That does not earn or receive wages. Also wagesless (rare).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages > not > not earning a wage
stipendlessc1700
wageless1828
incomeless1829
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xii. 113 Some intrusive, ragamuffin, wagesless lackey.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xii. 280 By unwearied, valiant, and were it wageless effort, in my Parliament and in my Parish, I would aid [etc.].
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xii. lxiv. 361 In came Peter—one of the wageless footmen—with candles.
1889 G. Gissing Nether World II. 18 Employed on piece-work, they might at any moment find themselves wageless.
Derivatives
ˈwagelessness n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > state of receiving no wages
wagelessness1913
1913 Spectator 14 June 1004/1 It is impossible..to make up the amount..after several weeks of idleness and wagelessness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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