Wage labor

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Labor that is sustained by giving the laborer a wage. US, countable, uncountable

    "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."

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"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."