wage earner

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noun

a person who works for wages, especially a laborer.

Origin of wage earner

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby wage earner

wafture, wag, wage, wage determination, wage differential, wage earner, wage incentive, wage-push inflation, wager, wages, wage scale

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Example sentences from the Web for wage earner

The wage-earner and the salaried man are rarely quite without material wealth.
The Principles of Economics|Frank A. Fetter
One was of a woman whose husband had been a wage-earner, and, with six or eight children, had been able to save nothing.
The Living Present|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Were it not for that extraneous circumstance, the showing for the wage-earner's advance would be even greater.
The Unpopular Review Vol. I|Various
It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner.
McClure's Magazine December, 1895|Edited by Ida M. Tarbell

In a more primitive industry each man is wage-earner, capitalist, and enterpriser combined in one.
The Principles of Economics|Frank A. Fetter

British Dictionary definitions for wage earner

wage earner

US wage worker

noun

a person who works for wages, esp as distinguished from one paid a salary

the person who earns money to support a household by working

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单词	wage earner
释义	wage earner SEE SYNONYMS FOR wage earner ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who works for wages, especially a laborer. Origin of wage earner First recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby wage earner wafture, wag, wage, wage determination, wage differential, wage earner, wage incentive, wage-push inflation, wager, wages, wage scale Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wage earner The wage-earner and the salaried man are rarely quite without material wealth. The Principles of Economics\|Frank A. Fetter One was of a woman whose husband had been a wage-earner, and, with six or eight children, had been able to save nothing. The Living Present\|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton Were it not for that extraneous circumstance, the showing for the wage-earner's advance would be even greater. The Unpopular Review Vol. I\|Various It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner. McClure's Magazine December, 1895\|Edited by Ida M. Tarbell In a more primitive industry each man is wage-earner, capitalist, and enterpriser combined in one. The Principles of Economics\|Frank A. Fetter British Dictionary definitions for wage earner wage earner US wage worker noun a person who works for wages, esp as distinguished from one paid a salary the person who earns money to support a household by working Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wage earner breadwinner, employee, jobholder, staffer, wage slave, wageworker
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wage earner

noun

Origin of wage earner

Words nearby wage earner

Example sentences from the Web for wage earner

British Dictionary definitions for wage earner

US wage worker

noun

Words related to wage earner