Then again, some interns, working for meager or no wages, say they are a head start on slavery.

They will earn a decent living, rather than meager wages working for someone else.

She was certainly earning her meager wages this evening, he thought.

However, Iraqis are often forced to work for meager wages and can be subject to exploitation at the hands of their employers.

Young men on meager wages live in boarding houses, trying to get some moments of pleasure.

He was certainly industrious, managing to save from his meager wage.

And while the poor may work, they do so at wages too meager to lift them out of poverty.

For teachers they were a necessary evil to supplement meager wages.

And they will be standing near the administration offices across the country demanding their meager wages.

During her time as a teacher, she became frustrated and the meager wages that were paid to single women teachers.