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starvation wages
noun plural
: money paid to workers that is not enough to pay for the things (such as food and shelter) that are needed to live
Full Definition of STARVATION WAGES
: wages insufficient to provide the ordinary necessities of life
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First Known Use of STARVATION WAGES
1870
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