living wage

English

Noun

living wage (plural living wages)

1. (economics) The minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.
   • 2019 October 23, Rail, page 13:

     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, [...]."

Translations

minimum income

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維生工資／维生工资 (wéishēng gōngzī)

• Estonian: elatusmiinimum
• Finnish: toimeentuloon riittävä palkka
• Georgian: საარსებო მინიმუმი (saarsebo minimumi)
• German: Existenzminimum (de) n, Notbedarf m, Armutsgrenze (de) f
• Korean: 생활임금(生活賃金) (ko) (saenghwarimgeum)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: salario mínimo (es), pasadía (es)

References

• “living wage”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “living wage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.