Meaning

1 senses

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

    Existenzminimum, Notbedarf, Armutsgrenze

    прожиточный минимумprožitočnyj minimum

    прожитковий мінімумprožytkovyj minimum

More definitions
  • a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Every job should have a living wage.

    DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Some workers don't even earn a living wage.

    ruНекоторые работники даже не зарабатывают прожиточный минимум. — odexed

    deManche Arbeiter verdienen nicht einmal genug, um davon leben zu können. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
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Русский
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minimum income:
Deutsch
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minimum income:

Forms

plural: living wages
Singularliving wage
Pluralliving wages

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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