wage earner
a person who works for wages, especially a laborer.
Origin of wage earner
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How to use wage earner in a sentence
And the vast majority—77 percent —of minimum wage earners belong to households that are above the poverty line.
More than 36 percent have only one wage earner, and nearly 80 percent have no wage earners at all.
Italy Has Europe’s Highest Percentage of Children in Poverty, Says UNICEF | Barbie Latza Nadeau | March 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the mid-1950s, one third of all wage earners belonged to a union.
One thing was clear: that in the homes of the better paid wage-earners the mothers did not get their share of life's brightness.
The Leaven in a Great City | Lillian William BettsThe mental attitude of the wage-earners toward their income is confusing and yet interesting.
The Leaven in a Great City | Lillian William Betts
With the wage-earners' families, as with all others, the income buys that which is most desired by those spending it.
The Leaven in a Great City | Lillian William BettsPerhaps no greater charm prevails in this world of wage-earners than the attitude toward motherhood.
The Leaven in a Great City | Lillian William BettsTheir instincts as wage-earners made them keen to see the folly of division and competition among themselves.
The Common Sense of Socialism | John Spargo
British Dictionary definitions for wage earner
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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