better-paid

adjective

That earns a better wage than others.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. That earns a better wage than others.
  2. That provides better pay than other employment.

    The growth in car ownership obscured from the public mind (and therefore the political agenda) the consequences for people who did not own cars. They suffered growing deprivation as a result of an inability to access better-paid jobs, as the closure of older industries removed employment.

    2020 December 16, Industry Insider, “Rail's prospects turn full circle”, in Rail, page 68
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APA

better-paid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/better-paid

MLA

“better-paid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/better-paid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “better-paid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/better-paid.

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