subsistence wage

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noun

the lowest wage upon which a worker and his family can survive

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Words nearby subsistence wage

subsist, subsistence, subsistence allowance, subsistence farming, subsistence level, subsistence wage, subsistent, subsocial, subsoil, subsoiler, subsoil plow

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How to use subsistence wage in a sentence

No matter how much you give to the poor, everything except a bare subsistence wage will be taken from them again by force.
An Unsocial Socialist|George Bernard Shaw
How can a man or woman engaged in such labour for ten hours a day at subsistence wage enjoy a fully developed life?
Essays in Rebellion|Henry W. Nevinson
One of these figures was designed for a subsistence wage, the other for a “human needs” wage.
Essays in Liberalism|Various
Also in most trades women and children are employed, to whom it is not even pretended that a subsistence wage is given.
Signs of Change|William Morris

The most that Trade Unionism has secured, or can ever hope to secure, for the workers, is a comfortable subsistence wage.
Britain for the British|Robert Blatchford