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living wage

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Wages
ˌliving ˈwage noun [singular]  BEWa salary that is high enough to allow you to buy the things that you need to live 基本生活工资 jobs that don’t even pay a living wage 工资连基本生活都无法维持的工作
Examples from the Corpus
living wageThey had no solution to the possibility that even they might sometimes fail to find permanent employment at a living wage.Do they feel women should remain in marriages because their jobs do not pay a living wage?We need to be just as comfortable with the flip side: A living wage encourages work.Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?
From Longman Business Dictionaryliving wageˌliving ˈwage [singular] a wage high enough to allow someone to live a fairly comfortable lifeTrade Unions are still fighting for a living wage in many industries. wage
ˌliving ˈwage nounChineseSyllable
a to Corpus that high enough salary Business is


living wage
ˌliving ˈwage noun [singular]
a salary that is high enough to allow you to buy the things that you need to live:
    jobs that don’t even pay a living wage


living wageBrE /ˌlɪvɪŋ ˈweɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌlɪvɪŋ ˈweɪdʒ/ 🔊 noun [singular] a wage that is high enough for sb to buy the things they need in order to live 基本生活工资;仅能维持生活的工资