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Vicar’s adequate stipend?
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living wage
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Do they feel women should remain in marriages because their jobs do not pay a living wage ? ▪ Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned? ▪ They had no solution to the possibility ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
living wage \liv"ing wage"\ A wage or salary that permits a worker to live at least with minimal customary amenities, and above conditions of poverty.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In public policy, a living wage is the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs. This is not necessarily the same as subsistence, which refers to a biological minimum, though the two terms are commonly confused. These needs include ...