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wage earner

1. One who works for wages.

2. One whose earnings support or help support a household.

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wage earner

wage worker

1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a person who works for wages, esp as distinguished from one paid a salary

2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the person who earns money to support a household by working

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wage′ earn`er

a person who works for wages.

[1880–85]

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wage earner - someone who earn wages in return for their labor

earner

breadwinner - one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents

double dipper - someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension)

garnishee - a wage earner who is served with a garnishment

jobholder - an employee who holds a regular job

Translations

wage earner

[ˈweɪdʒˌɜːnəʳ] n → salariato/a
the family wage earner → il sostegno economico della famiglia

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Avakian said that the typical minimum wage worker today is not a teenager working in a part-time after-school job, but "a woman in her 30s working full time to support her family." But that woman would see little or no increase in her pay unless Oregon pegged the state minimum at a level adequate to keep a family of four out of poverty - $23,550 a year, or $11.32 an hour.

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