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synonyms for living wage

  • minimum wage
  • adequate income
  • competence
  • income
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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to living wage, such as: minimum wage, adequate income, competence, and income.

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How to use living wage in a sentence

On the other hand, it must be remembered that in such a climate the "living wage" is necessarily lower than in England.
SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYL. HIGGIN AND EUGNE E. STREET
Discuss the "living wage," and question whether this should not depend on competence.
THE COMPLETE CLUB BOOK FOR WOMENCAROLINE FRENCH BENTON
The American equivalent of a government-guaranteed right to employment and a living wage was the "right to organize."
A HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM IN THE UNITED STATESSELIG PERLMAN
The social argument: it is for the common good that the average employee should be paid a living wage.
CONSUMERS AND WAGE-EARNERSJ. ELLIOT ROSS
As a consequence competition will often depress the price below the point where it will yield a living wage to them.
CONSUMERS AND WAGE-EARNERSJ. ELLIOT ROSS
The terms "fair wages," "reasonable comfort," "living wage" have often been used in the previous discussion.
CONSUMERS AND WAGE-EARNERSJ. ELLIOT ROSS
Taking the family living wage of $11.00 as our standard, 3499 men, or 62% of the total, fail to reach it.
CONSUMERS AND WAGE-EARNERSJ. ELLIOT ROSS
Until, then, we have established a living wage for the worker, the question of his bankruptcy is in a large measure academic.
THE LAW AND THE POOREDWARD ABBOTT PARRY
For in the long run both capital and labor require a living wage.
CONSERVATION THROUGH ENGINEERINGFRANKLIN K. LANE
It means that the average boy must be speeded up beyond his point of endurance, or that he must receive less than a living wage.
OUR SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME—AND AFTERARTHUR DAVIS DEAN
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WORDS RELATED TO LIVING WAGE

  • allotment
  • alms
  • apportionment
  • benefit
  • charity
  • dispensation
  • distribution
  • division
  • donation
  • gift
  • grant
  • gratuity
  • handout
  • living wage
  • mite
  • modicum
  • parcel
  • pittance
  • portion
  • quota
  • relief
  • share
  • subsistence
  • trifle
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.