wage worker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwageandworker
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wage
noun[S]
uk/weɪdʒ/us/weɪdʒ/
a particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength, rather than a job needing a ...
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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 ofwageandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The remuneration of thewageworkerconverged with that of the entrepreneur.
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In contemporary societies, status as awageworkeris a fundamental source of social and political identity.
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And if a malewageworkerfell ill, or became disabled, he could not count on assistance from a professional organization such as a guild.
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We cannot quite measure the ability of thewageworker, or how much he can carry in the circumstances of the moment.
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For example, two full-time minimum wage workers in 2001 had a combined yearly income of $19,776.
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The migrants are initially hired by indigenous farmers (who can transfer land rights to the next generation) as wage workers on short-term contracts.
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Against such conditions of affairs the whole sentiment - the entire interest - of the wage workers should be directed.
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This article argues that a definition of male and female workers which existed prior to the rise of labour markets deeply affected the way men and women became wage workers.
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There was, of course, no reliable sampling frame on which to base a random sample of rural wage workers.
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The census category from which the 51 percent figure was calculated included foremen along with wage workers.
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If dirtier industries are intensive in the use of more highly skilled workers, this may result in high wage workers locating close to dirty industries.
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A generic term for older non-elderly persons is therefore needed, one that does not refer only to wage workers.
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Ricardo believed that there were three classes in modern society : capitalists, landlords and wage workers.
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The fact of increasing numbers of female wage workers (even women factory workers) not only did not alter these ideas but in fact reinforced them.
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