Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wage labor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
wage la-bor
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Labor that is sustained by giving the laborer a wage.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

wage labors (plural) wage labour (alternative)

Questions

What does wage labor mean?
Labor that is sustained by giving the laborer a wage.

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