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wageworker

/wˈeɪdʒwɜkɚ/ noun

A worker who earns a wage.

Word Origin 'Wage' comes from Frankish 'waddi' meaning a pledge or security — originally, wages were a pledged payment. Combined with 'worker', a wageworker is someone who works for pledged payment. The same root gives us engage (to pledge oneself) and gage. So a wageworker is literally a pledge-worker.

noun A worker who earns a wage. countable

As a wageworker in the factory, he earned just enough to support his family.

(名词) 工薪劳动者；雇佣工人；工资劳动者

作为工厂的工薪阶层，他挣的钱刚够养家糊口。

(sustantivo) Un trabajador que percibe un salario.

Como trabajador asalariado en la fábrica, ganaba justo lo suficiente para mantener a su familia.

(nom) salarié; ouvrier [Travailleur rémunéré au salaire, généralement payé à la semaine ou à la journée, par opposition à un entrepreneur indépendant.]

En tant qu'ouvrier salarié de l'usine, il gagnait tout juste de quoi subvenir aux besoins de sa famille.

(Substantiv) Lohnarbeiter; Lohnempfänger [Ein Arbeiter, der für seine Tätigkeit einen Lohn erhält.]

Als **wageworker** in der Fabrik verdiente er gerade genug, um seine Familie zu ernähren.

(名詞) 賃金労働者。時給や日給、週給などの賃金によって報酬を得る労働者。

工場の**賃金労働者**として、彼は家族を養うのに十分な賃金しか得られなかった。

(substantivo) assalariado; trabalhador assalariado; operário [Um trabalhador que recebe salário.]

Como assalariado na fábrica, ele ganhava apenas o suficiente para sustentar sua família.

Synonyms: employee wage earner worker laborer hired hand staffer salaried worker jobholder Antonyms: employer boss manager owner
Word parts: wage + work + er

Related words

wager engagement worker workable rework

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