wage labor en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US, countable, uncountable) Labor that is sustained by giving the laborer a wage.
The system of wage labor is a system of slavery, and indeed of a slavery which becomes more severe in proportion as the social productive forces of labor develop, whether the worker receives better or worse payment.
1972, Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Programme, 1st edition, page 24:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wage labors | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| wage labour | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
ru наёмный труд (labor sustained by wages) · fi palkkatyövoima (labor sustained by wages)