average worker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaverageandworker
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average
adjective
uk/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk/ˈwɜː.kər/us/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofaverageandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Averageworkerbody sizes peaked in 1999 and fell slightly in 2001.
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In particular, the increasingly heavy tax burden that the government has imposed on theaverageworker has greatly undermined satisfaction with its performance.
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Employers will pick the level of generosity and plan characteristics that they think best fits the preferences of theaverageworkerthat they are trying to attract.
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Theaverageworkeris 47 years old, earns $42,000 and has worked for her current employer for 11 years.
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For employees with significantly higher plan satisfaction, the likelihood of staying with their employers increases by 24% relative to theaverageworker.
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That is the fear in the mind of theaverageworker.
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All these things have fallen upon theaverageworker.
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Theaverageworkernext year will face greater insecurity because of rising unemployment.
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Theaverageworkerdoes not think in such terms.
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Theaverageworkeris interested today in much more than that.
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Therefore, they are worse off relative to theaverageworker.
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But theaverageworkeron £14 or £15 a week cannot afford those.
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Theaverageworkerhas the feeling that he is becoming depersonalised, becoming a number.
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I know what theaverageworkerin my constituency thinks about the reduction in taxes.
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Theaverageworkerfinds that his bicycle is a tool of his industry.
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That is said to be the wage of theaverageworker.
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We are always being told about theaverageworkerwith £16 a week.
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The ordinaryaverageworkerwill not be affected.
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I am sure theaverageworkeris not desirous of being limited to working 48 hours.
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Fortunately for the brewers and tobacco merchants theaverageworkerboth drinks and smokes.
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