Phrase guide

living wage

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary

History

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: yaşayış minimumu — minimum income
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維生工資 /维生工资 (wéishēng gōngzī) — minimum income
  • Czech: životní minimum — minimum income
  • Esperanto: dumviva salajro — minimum income
  • Estonian: elatusmiinimum — minimum income
  • Finnish: toimeentuloon riittävä palkka — minimum income
  • Galician: salario digno — minimum income
  • Galician: mínimo vital — minimum income
  • Georgian: საარსებო მინიმუმი (saarsebo minimumi) — minimum income
  • German: Existenzminimum — minimum income
  • German: Notbedarf — minimum income
  • German: Armutsgrenze — minimum income
  • Hungarian: létminimum — minimum income
  • Italian: salario di sussistenza — minimum income
  • Kazakh: күнкөріс минимумы (künkörıs minimumy) — minimum income
  • Korean: 생활임금 (saenghwarimgeum) — minimum income
  • Polish: minimum egzystencji — minimum income
  • Russian: прожиточный минимум (prožitočnyj minimum) — minimum income
  • Spanish: salario mínimo — minimum income
  • Spanish: pasadía — minimum income
  • Ukrainian: прожитковий мінімум (prožytkovyj minimum) — minimum income