Usually means: Individual receiving payment for labor.
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  1. wage earner: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wage earner: Merriam-Webster
  3. wage earner: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wage earner: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wage earner: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wage earner: Vocabulary.com
  7. wage-earner: Wordnik
  8. wage earner: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. wage earner: Wiktionary
  10. wage earner: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. wage earner: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. wage earner: Dictionary.com
  13. wage earner: Rhymezone
  14. wage earner: FreeDictionary.org
  15. wage earner: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. wage earner: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wage earner: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wage earner)

▸ noun:  Someone who works for wages, especially if that wage supports a household.

Similar:
earner, wage-earner, wage laborer, workman, wageworker, wagesman, workling, breadwinner, worker, workperson, more...

Opposite:
employer, salaried worker, self-employed, entrepreneur

Types:
salaried, hourly, commissioned, self-employed, unemployed, underemployed, more...

Adjectives:
salaried, subordinate, lateral, hourly, white collar, whitecollar, casual, visited, blue-collar, empl, careerist

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Similar:
earner, wage-earner, wage laborer, workman, wageworker, wagesman, workling, breadwinner, worker, workperson, more...

Opposite:
employer, salaried worker, self-employed, entrepreneur

Types:
salaried, hourly, commissioned, self-employed, unemployed, underemployed, more...

Adjectives:
salaried, subordinate, lateral, hourly, white collar, whitecollar, casual, visited, blue-collar, empl, careerist



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