living wage

Noun

Meaning

a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dole income pittance share payment compensation wage salary competence dispensation trifle subsistence payroll minimum wage poverty line
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Antonyms

good money maximum wage good income lots of money decent wage good salary
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Hypernyms

pay wage salary earnings remuneration

Related terms

make a living wage slavery

Examples

Factory workers are not working for capitalism, they are working for a living wage. Bernard Crick

Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio. Sherrod Brown

Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours. William Vickrey

If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage. Richard J. Codey

Very few restaurant workers could even dream of eating in the restaurants they work in. Many do not make a living wage. Anthony Bourdain

I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well. Barbara Kingsolver

Close letter words and terms

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