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WAGE-EARNING

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• WAGE-EARNING (adjective)

Sense 1

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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

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Meaning:

Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers

Synonyms:

working-class; blue-collar; propertyless; wage-earning

Context example:

party of the propertyless proletariat

Similar:

low-class; lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)

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