low-wage earner

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• wage earner — UK US noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a person who earns money by working: »For her, life as a wage earner began at 15. »For low income wage earners, rent in most U.S. cities is simply beyond reach …   Financial and business terms

• earner — earn‧er [ˈɜːnə ǁ ˈɜːrnər] noun [countable] JOBS 1. someone who earns money by working: • He s the highest earner in the company at the moment. • It is hard when there is only one wage earner in the family. 2. an investment or …   Financial and business terms

• wage — wage, wages Wages is normally used in the plural (Their wages are still too low); an older singular construction survives only in the biblical line For the wages of sinne is death (Romans 6:23). But wage is also used (What sort of wage are you… …   Modern English usage

• earner — noun 1 (C) someone who earns money for the job that they do: high earner/low earner etc: Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner. | wage earner: Most wage earners are paid by cheque. 2 a nice little earner BrE informal… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• wage — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (also wages) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ competitive (esp. AmE), decent, fair, good, high ▪ inadequate, low, meagre/meager (esp …   Collocations dictionary

• earner — UK [ˈɜː(r)nə(r)] / US [ˈɜrnər] noun [countable] Word forms earner : singular earner plural earners 1) someone who earns money by working high/low earner: High earners should not be penalized by the tax system. wage earner: There are two wage… …   English dictionary

• earner — earn|er [ ɜrnər ] noun count 1. ) someone who earns money by working: high/low earner: High earners should not be penalized by the tax system. wage earner: There are two wage earners in the family. 2. ) something that earns money: Sugar and… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• earner — earn|er [ˈə:nə US ˈə:rnər] n 1.) someone who earns money for the job that they do high/low/average earner ▪ Private childcare is still too expensive for the average earner. ▪ He is the only wage earner in the family. 2.) a business or activity… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Maximum wage — A maximum wage, also often called a wage ceiling, is a legal limit on how much income an individual can earn.[1] This is a related economic concept that is complementary to the minimum wage used currently by some states to enforce minimum… …   Wikipedia

• Living wage — is a term used to describe the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of living. In developed countries such as the United Kingdom or Switzerland, this standard generally means that a person working forty… …   Wikipedia

• wages — wage, wages Wages is normally used in the plural (Their wages are still too low); an older singular construction survives only in the biblical line For the wages of sinne is death (Romans 6:23). But wage is also used (What sort of wage are you… …   Modern English usage