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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| minimum wage | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| poverty line | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| wage | / | Noun | 
| cost of living | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| subsistence | x/x | Noun | 
| earnings | /x | Noun | 
| award | x/ | Noun | 
| welfare | /x | Noun | 
| going rate | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| threshold | /x | Noun | 
| pay packet | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| stipend | /x | Noun | 
| meal ticket | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| maintenance | /xx | Noun | 
| paycheck | /x | Noun | 
| payroll | /x | Noun | 
| keep | / | Verb | 
| remuneration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| easy money | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| pay grade | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| salary | /xx | Noun | 
| rate | / | Noun | 
| income | /x | Noun | 
| money | /x | Noun | 
| purchasing power | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| disposable income | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| value | /x | Noun | 
| worth | / | Noun | 
| screw | / | Noun | 
| value for money | /x//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| money supply | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| inflation | x/x | Noun | 
| pension | /x | Noun | 
| wealth | / | Noun | 
| dirty money | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| allowance | x/x | Noun | 
| payday | /x | Noun | 
| top dollar | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| gold standard | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| needful | /x | Adjective | 
| wedge | / | Noun | 
| budget | /x | Noun | 
| negative income tax | /xx/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| aliment | xxx | Noun | 
| per diem | // | Phrase, Adjective, Noun | 
| big money | //x | Name, Name, Adjective | 
| pittance | /x | Noun | 
| compensation | xx/x | Noun | 
| incentive | x/x | Noun | 
| pocket money | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| lulu | /x | Name | 
| fine | / | Adjective | 
| free lunch | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| pocketbook | /xx | Noun | 
| dole | / | Noun | 
| national debt | /xx/ | Name, Name | 
| velocity | x/xx | Noun | 
| peanuts | /x | Noun | 
| bounty | /x | Noun | 
| price | / | Noun, Verb | 
| income tax | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| cash cow | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| payment | /x | Noun | 
| economy | x/xx | Noun | 
| sliding scale | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| double time | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| scrip | / | Noun | 
| scale | / | Noun | 
| dollar | /x | Noun | 
| small change | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| abode | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| acclimated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| accommodation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| aggregate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| algae | /x | Noun | 
| alive | x/ | Adjective | 
| allotment | x/x | Noun | 
| amenities | x/xx | Noun | 
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| animation | xx/x | Noun | 
| annualized | /xxx | Adjective | 
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb | 
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| arena | x/x | Noun | 
| asexual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| average | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| belonging | x/x | Noun | 
| bible | /x | Name | 
| biologic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| biological | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| biology | x/xx | Noun | 
| births | / | Noun | 
| bodied | /x | Adjective | 
| bread | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bread and butter | ///x | Phrase, Noun | 
| breathe | / | Verb | 
| bring | / | Verb | 
| brood | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| cam | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| capita | /xx | Noun | 
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| chen | / | Name | 
| coexistence | xx/x | Noun | 
| cohabitation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| collective | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| comfort | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| commensurate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| conveniences | x/xx | Noun | 
| cooking | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| corruptible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| creature comforts | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| daily | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb | 
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| declare | x/ | Verb | 
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| deliver | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| district | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| dorm | / | Noun, Verb | 
| dwelling | /x | Noun | 
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| earn | / | Verb, Noun | 
| earners | /x | Noun | 
| employee | x/x | Noun | 
| employment | x/x | Noun | 
| ending | /x | Noun | 
| endurance | /xx | Noun | 
| engage | x/ | Verb | 
| enrolment | x/x | Noun | 
| everyday | /x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| evolutionary | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| evolving | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| exist | x/ | Verb | 
| existence | x/x | Noun | 
| experience | x/xx | Noun, Verb | 
| extant | /x | Adjective | 
| extricate | /xx | Verb | 
| facing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fares | / | Noun | 
| farm | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fee | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fight | / | Verb, Noun | 
| flora | /x | Noun | 
| folks | / | Noun | 
| food | / | Noun | 
| found | / | Verb, Noun | 
| fulfilment | x/x | Noun | 
| gainful | /x | Adjective | 
| growing | /x | Noun | 
| guaranteed | xx/ | Adjective | 
| habitable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| habitant | /xx | Noun | 
| habitat | /xx | Noun | 
| habitation | xx/x | Noun | 
| hail | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| happy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| hie | / | Verb | 
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| hourly | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| house | / | Noun, Verb | 
| household | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| householder | /xx | Noun | 
| housekeeping | /xx | Noun | 
| humanity | x/xx | Noun | 
| husbandmen | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| immortal | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| inanimate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| inducement | x/x | Noun | 
| inhabitant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| inhabiting | x/xx | Verb | 
| integration | xx/x | Noun | 
| invade | x/ | Verb | 
| keen | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| kicking | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| knows | / | Verb | 
| labor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| labour | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| launch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lead | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| learning | /x | Noun | 
| leben | /x | Noun | 
| levee | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| life | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lifeblood | /x | Noun | 
| lifelong | // | Adjective | 
| lifespan | /x | Noun | 
| lifestyle | /x | Noun | 
| lifetime | /x | Noun | 
| lift | / | Verb, Noun | 
| lite | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| livelihood | /xx | Noun | 
| lively | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| lodging | /x | Noun | 
| loon | / | Noun | 
| loud | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| low | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| me | / | Noun | 
| minimum | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| moaning | /x | Noun | 
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| multicellular | /xxxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| neighborhood | /xx | Noun | 
| newcomer | /xx | Noun | 
| nonagricultural | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| nonhuman | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| nonunion | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| occupancy | /xxx | Noun | 
| offer | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| organic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| organisms | /xxx | Noun | 
| paid | / | Adjective | 
| pay envelope | //xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| payoff | /x | Noun | 
| people | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| populated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| population | xx/x | Noun | 
| pretax | // | Adjective, Verb | 
| provide | x/ | Verb | 
