Meanings
plural living wages
- economicsThe minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.
1 more example
The RMT union is claiming a "massive victory" after outsourcing company Mitie agreed to pay the living wage to employees working at Network Rail stations. It follows a campaign by the union to improve pay, with RMT General Secretary Mick Cash commenting: "This is a massive victory in the fight to eliminate the evil of low pay on the railway, [...]."
2019 October 23, Rail, page 13
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 維生工資 /维生工资
- 維生工資 /维生工资 (wéishēng gōngzī)minimum income
Czech životní minimum
- životní minimumminimum income
Esperanto dumviva salajro
- dumviva salajrominimum income
Estonian elatusmiinimum
- elatusmiinimumminimum income
Finnish toimeentuloon riittävä palkka
- toimeentuloon riittävä palkkaminimum income
German Existenzminimum, Notbedarf
- Existenzminimumminimum income
- Notbedarfminimum income
- Armutsgrenzeminimum income
Hungarian létminimum
- létminimumminimum income
Italian salario di sussistenza
- salario di sussistenzaminimum income
Korean 생활임금
- 생활임금 (saenghwarimgeum)minimum income
Polish minimum egzystencji
- minimum egzystencjiminimum income
Russian прожиточный минимум
- прожиточный минимум (prožitočnyj minimum)minimum income
Spanish salario mínimo, pasadía
- salario mínimominimum income
- pasadíaminimum income
Ukrainian прожитковий мінімум
- прожитковий мінімум (prožytkovyj minimum)minimum income
Cite this entry
living wage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/living%20wage
“living wage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/living%20wage. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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