Salariat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Salariat is a noun meaning (economics) Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.
Meaning
(economics) Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.
Example Sentences
1954, J. S. Coleman, Nationalism in Tropical Africa, American Political Science Association […] geographical distribution of the wage-labor force and salariat?
Below that elite comes the ‘salariat’, still in stable full-time employment, some hoping to move into the elite, the majority just enjoying the trappings of their kind, with their pensions, paid holidays and enterprise benefits, often subsidised by the state.
Word Forms
- salariats
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include payroller, salaryman, wagesman, working class, workman, wageworker.
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