Meaning of wage-earning in English
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Classifying Adjective
wage-earningDefinitions
1. working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salariesExamples
- « working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor »
Synonyms
- 2. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
Examples
- « party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw »
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