Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

day labor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables
day la-bor
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Work done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

daylabor (alternative) daylabour (alternative) day-labor (alternative) day-labour (alternative) day labour (alternative)

Phrases

day laborer

Frequently Paired Words

day laborer

Questions

What does day labor mean?
Work done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.

How to pronounce day labor

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