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Meaning of wage labor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Labor that is sustained by giving the laborer a wage.

US, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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