Wage-worthy
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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