"wage labor" meaning in All languages combined

See wage labor on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

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

Inflected forms

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