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family wage

family wage noun: a wage that is sufficient to raise or support a family.

Noun

family wage (countable and uncountable, plural family wages)

  1. A wage that is sufficient to raise or support a family.

Forms of family wage

pluralfamily wages

Questions about family wage

What does family wage mean?
Family wage means a wage that is sufficient to raise or support a family.
What part of speech is family wage?
Family wage is a noun.
What is the plural of family wage?
The plural of family wage is family wages.

Words near family wage in the dictionary

  1. family units
  2. family valuer
  3. family valuers
  4. family values
  5. family voting
  6. family wage
  7. family wages
  8. family woman
  9. family-friendliness
  10. family-friendly
  11. family-run

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