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WAGE-EARNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wage-earning mean?
• WAGE-EARNING (adjective)
The adjective WAGE-EARNING has 2 senses:
1. working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
2. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
Familiarity information: WAGE-EARNING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
Synonyms:
wage-earning; working-class
Context example:
working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor
Similar:
blue-collar (of or designating manual industrial work or workers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
Synonyms:
blue-collar; propertyless; wage-earning; working-class
Context example:
party of the propertyless proletariat
Similar:
low-class; lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)
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