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wage earner

noun

  1. a person who works for wages, especially a laborer.


wage earner

noun

  1. a person who works for wages, esp as distinguished from one paid a salary
  2. the person who earns money to support a household by working
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of wage earner1

First recorded in 1880–85
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One more thing to consider: Since you’re the higher wage earner, it’s important for you to maximize your own benefit because it’s the one that determines how much the survivor will get.

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Calling wage earners “businessmen” instead of “struggling working families.”

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Mounzer was the father of four young children, and was the only wage earner in his family, also looking after his ailing father and brother.

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They also increase government revenues from increased earnings and taxes paid by parents, and later by children who go on to become wage earners or entrepreneurs.

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“Pay day is coming,” Mr. Sunak posted, referring to the savings that an average wage earner would supposedly reap from a cut in mandatory contributions to Britain’s national insurance system.

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