Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wagetaker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wage-tak-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A firm that has no choice over its wages and must accept those of the general market.

Example Sentences

"Here I assume that the producer is a wagetaker, even though I have supposed that the supplier of each differentiated good uses a different type of labor with its own market."

Etymology

From wage + taker.

Inflected Forms

wagetakers (plural)

Questions

What does wagetaker mean?: A firm that has no choice over its wages and must accept those of the general market.
Where does wagetaker come from?: From wage + taker.

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