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Volunteer.
It was a way of getting work done for oneself without having to pay (apart form theinitialbuying of a slave).
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They agreed to work without pay for a period of time?
Yes, it is generally illegal to work without pay in most circumstances, as it violates labor laws regarding minimum wage and fair compensation for work performed.
they were forced to work without pay
No, it is illegal for your employer to require you to work without pay. All hours worked must be compensated according to labor laws.
Volunteers.
Tax payers
Yes, it is illegal to require someone to work without pay in most circumstances. This violates labor laws and is considered a form of exploitation.
The word pay is both a verb (pay, pays, paying, paid) and a noun (uncountable).The noun 'pay' is a word for money received for doing work; a word for a thing.You can "pay" someone (verb). Or you can receive "pay" (noun).The noun forms of the verb to pay are payee, payer, payment, and the gerund, paying.
A three-letter word for 'lucrative' is 'pay', as in, 'Does his work pay well? which could also be expressed as, 'Is his work lucrative?'