wage-earning Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
    working-class.
    • working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor
  2. adjective satellite of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
    propertyless; working-class; blue-collar.
    • party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw

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