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Definition of wage earner in English: wage earnernoun A person who works for wages. Example sentencesExamples - He said that the average family should benefit by approximately 8.3% while the average wage earner should reap about 13% extra in disposable income.
- I believe that this legislation discriminates between a wage earner and a contractor.
- This is an affordable amount for the average wage earner to pay.
- For more than 60 years it has helped millions of Americans avoid poverty in old age, upon becoming disabled, or after the death of a family wage earner.
- Girls leaving school often find work more easily than the boys and go on to become the main wage earner.
Derivatives adjective And by the last quarter of the 20th century only one-fourth of U.S. households fit the supposed ‘norm’ of a wage-earning husband and homemaker wife living with children. Example sentencesExamples - Increased employment - there was a growing urban wage-earning class - and the acquisition of new skills in both civilian and military sectors were important in promoting African political consciousness.
- He said: ‘In west Wiltshire not only do we have a low wage-earning community, but we also have a very fragile retail base.’
- Last financial year there were 30,000 wage-earning households in Australia that went without at least one meal because of lack of money.
- In Leeds, the first 20 who will take part are either long-term unemployed or living in households where everyone of wage-earning age is claiming benefits.
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