Wage-worthy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Worthy of receiving wages; deserving (of) pay.

    "They are doing a wage-worthy work but they are not paid for it. Instead the fathers think their duty is done when they give to the daughters as a benevolence what they, the fathers, think the daughters should have for their needs and pleasures."

Example

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"They are doing a wage-worthy work but they are not paid for it. Instead the fathers think their duty is done when they give to the daughters as a benevolence what they, the fathers, think the daughters should have for their needs and pleasures."

Etymology

From wage + -worthy.

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