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  • 1Wage labour — is the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer in which the worker sells their labour under a contract (employment), and the employer buys it, often in a labour market. [Deakin, Simon; Wilkinson, Frank.… …

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  • 2wage — [weɪdʒ] noun [countable] also wages HUMAN RESOURCES money that someone earns according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that they work, especially money that is paid each week: • The average hourly wage in the industry is $8. • Workers were …

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  • 3Wage slavery — is a term first coined by the Lowell Mill Girls in 1836, [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=YXT kSv1btIC pg=PA87 lpg=PA87 dq=lowell+%22wage+slavery%22 source=web ots=WsT3bkI 0G sig=w7N0JGBskFiUHReS 00amVMNaPY hl=en Artisans Into Workers: Labor… …

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  • 4wage — [wāj] vt. waged, waging [ME wagen < NormFr wagier (OFr gagier) < wage (OFr gage), a stake, pledge < Frank * wadi, akin to Goth wadi, a pledge: for IE base see WED] 1. to engage in or carry on (a war, struggle, campaign, etc.) 2. [Dial.,… …

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  • 5wage — n 1: a payment usu. of money for labor or services usu. according to a contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis often used in pl. 2 pl: the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production Merriam… …

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  • 6wage level — ➔ level1 * * * wage level UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS ► the amount of money that a particular type of worker or group of people usually earns: »The market dictates what wage levels for various occupations should be. »The state of New Mexico is… …

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  • 7wage-earner — wageˈ earner noun 1. Anyone who works for wages 2. The person who earns the money that supports, or money that helps to support, the household • • • Main Entry: ↑wage …

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  • 8wage-stop — wage stop, British. the principle or policy of not allowing an unemployed person to receive more money from public funds than he would earn while working: »The wage stop is the device used to stop families receiving more in social security… …

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  • 9wage stop — wage stop, British. the principle or policy of not allowing an unemployed person to receive more money from public funds than he would earn while working: »The wage stop is the device used to stop families receiving more in social security… …

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  • 10wage 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 …

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