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wagetaker

wagetaker noun: a firm that has no choice over its wages and must accept those of the general market.

Noun

wagetaker (plural wagetakers)

  1. A firm that has no choice over its wages and must accept those of the general market.
    • Here I assume that the producer is a wagetaker, even though I have supposed that the supplier of each differentiated good uses a different type of labor with its own market.2003, Michael Woodford, Interest and Prices, →ISBN, page 148

Forms of wagetaker

pluralwagetakers

Origin of wagetaker

From wage + taker.

Questions about wagetaker

What does wagetaker mean?
Wagetaker means a firm that has no choice over its wages and must accept those of the general market.
What part of speech is wagetaker?
Wagetaker is a noun.
What is the plural of wagetaker?
The plural of wagetaker is wagetakers.

Words near wagetaker in the dictionary

  1. wages
  2. wageslave
  3. wageslaves
  4. wagesman
  5. wagesmen
  6. wagetaker
  7. wagetakers
  8. wagework
  9. wageworker
  10. wageworkers
  11. wageworking

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