"living wage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: living wages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} living wage (plural living wages)
  1. (economics) The minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs. Wikipedia link: living wage Categories (topical): Economics Translations (minimum income): 維生工資 (Chinese Mandarin), 维生工资 (wéishēng gōngzī) (Chinese Mandarin), elatusmiinimum (Estonian), toimeentuloon riittävä palkka (Finnish), საარსებო მინიმუმი (saarsebo minimumi) (Georgian), Existenzminimum [neuter] (German), Notbedarf [masculine] (German), Armutsgrenze [feminine] (German), 생활임금 (saenghwarimgeum) (alt: 生活賃金) (Korean), salario mínimo (Spanish), pasadía (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-living_wage-en-noun-EteSXr8b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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