wage-earning

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
- working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor
• Syn:
working-class
• Similar to:
blue-collar
2. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
- "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw
• Syn:
propertyless, working-class, blue-collar
• Similar to:
lower-class, low-class