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Labor-income

/ˈleɪ.bɚ ˌɪn.kʌm/
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  1. 1

    All forms of income received as compensation for services rendered, including wages, salaries, tips, and commissions.

    "Economic policies were adjusted to provide tax relief on lower brackets of labor-income."
  2. 2

    The portion of national income generated by human effort rather than the ownership of capital assets.

    "The growing gap between capital returns and labor-income has sparked significant debate among macroeconomists."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English 'labor' (from Old French 'labour', ultimately from Latin 'labor' meaning toil or exertion) combined with 'income' (from Old English 'in-coman', meaning to come in). The compound term emerged in modern economic and financial discourse to distinguish earnings derived from personal work and services from returns on capital investments.

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