living wage
noun
a wage on which it is possible for a wage earner or an individual and his or her family to live at least according to minimum customary standards.
Origin of living wage
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby living wage
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Example sentences from the Web for living wage
Many states and cities are acting to create higher-wage ecosystems through minimum-wage and living-wage laws and ordinances.
The living-wage and paid-sick-leave bills that set progressives and labor against Bloomberg?
Jack Hidary Waits to Make His Push in New York City Mayoral Race |David Freedlander |August 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for living wage
living wage
noun
a wage adequate to permit a wage earner to live and support a family in reasonable comfort