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slave wages

slave wages is the plural of slave wage.

Meaning of slave wage

Noun

slave wage (plural slave wages)

  1. A very low amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work.
    • What's the situation? / An un-united nation / Working for a slave wage / What would you pay? / Kicking down a closed door / Something you could fight for / It's time to pull up / your head off the floor1995, “United Kids”, in Set Your Goals (cassette), performed by Civ, Lava Records, →OCLC

Questions about slave wages

What is slave wages the plural of?
Slave wages is the plural of slave wage.

Words near slave wages in the dictionary

  1. slave trade
  2. slave trader
  3. slave traders
  4. slave trades
  5. slave wage
  6. slave wages
  7. slave-breeding
  8. slave-driver
  9. slave-drivers
  10. slave-girl
  11. slave-girls

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