Living-wage definition

A wage sufficient to provide minimally satisfactory living conditions.
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A wage sufficient to meet an employee's basic needs.
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Noun

Singular:
living-wage
Plural:
living wages

Living-wage Sentence Examples

  • We didnât stop the war, we havenât gotten a living wage.

  • The consensus opinion appeared to be that nurses want the RCN to campaign for a decent living wage for everyone.

  • As the world grows richer, people will care more about how their food is made, how the animals are treated, whether the laborer who picked the food is paid a living wage.

  • To every working person finding the need for public assistance because minimum wage is not a living wage.

  • Fair trade companies ensure that people who work growing, harvesting and milling the cotton, as well as those who produce the clothing, are paid a living wage.

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