"wage labor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wage labors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wage labor (countable and uncountable, plural wage labors)
  1. Labor that is sustained by giving the laborer a wage. Wikipedia link: wage labor Tags: US, countable, uncountable Synonyms: wage labour [Canada, UK] Translations (labor sustained by wages): palkkatyövoima (Finnish), наёмный труд (najómnyj trud) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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