单词 | social wage |
释义 | social wagen. 1. The minimum wage required to have a reasonable standard of living; a living wage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > according to amount pittance1611 half-pay1664 long shilling1764 overpay1765 living wage1817 subsistence wage1831 existence wage1893 social wage1925 1925 Times 29 July 9/4 If the economic wage which an industry can afford to pay is less than the social wage—to coin an expression—which the worker requires to maintain himself and his family in accordance with a reasonable standard of living, the dilemma becomes insoluble. 1938 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 48 176 The history of various efforts to define a ‘living wage’, a ‘fair wage’, or a ‘social wage’ would carry me far afield. 1998 C. Boix Polit. Parties, Growth & Equality iii. 21 The social wage, defined as a floor determined by the state and under which the disposable income of any worker should not fall, has been set. 2. Frequently with the: the total value that a citizen receives from the government in terms of services and benefits, as unemployment insurance, health care, public spaces, pensions, etc. Also: a payment received as part of this.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > annual value of services provided by state social wage1937 1937 Amer. Econ. Rev. 27 40 Public activities such as may be described under the general heading of services connected with the social wage are carried on more extensively by local authorities than by the national government. 1969 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 5/1 Wage rises might have been slightly checked but ‘the social wage’ has gone up steadily... ‘The social wage’, in plain English, means Government hand-outs, the exact opposite of a wage. 1977 Daily News (Perth, Austral.) 19 Jan. 8/1 If, on becoming a mother, every woman became entitled to a social wage of $100 a week, tax free, then this might achieve a great deal in terms of righting the lot of some women. 2001 P. Dorey Wage Politics in Brit. vi. 143 A commitment by the Labour party to maintain full employment and improve the social wage, via higher welfare benefits and old-age pensions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925 |
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