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wage

verb as in carry on

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Hunger intersects with nearly every facet of life: wages, geography, transportation, the trade-offs between buying groceries and paying for health care.

From Salon

His Republican predecessors, Schmitt and, before him, Josh Hawley, also used the position to advance conservative causes, wage fights against progressive ones and raise their national profiles.

From Salon

Billed as a fundraiser, the debt-ridden centre said the money from the portfolios would go towards whittling down a long list of overdue bills, including unpaid wages for educators.

From BBC

“Most of the H-1B program is now being used to import cheaper foreign guestworkers, replacing American workers, and undercutting their wages.”

This group are facing the same jumps in utility, insurance, mortgage, rent and maintenance costs, but trying to cover them on significantly lower wages.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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