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Wages — Wa ges (w[=a] j[e^]z), n. plural in termination, but singular in signification. [Plural of wage; cf. F. gages, pl., wages, hire. See {Wage}, n.] 1. A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wages — index compensation, earnings, income, pay, payroll, revenue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Wages — ist der Nachname folgender Personen: Jimmy Wages, US amerikanischer Rockabilly Musiker Peter Wages, deutscher Unternehmer Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begri … Deutsch Wikipedia
wages — 1》 a fixed regular payment for work, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis. → wage wages Economics the part of total production that is the return to labour as earned income as distinct from the remuneration received by capital as unearned… … English new terms dictionary
wages — UK US /ˈweɪdʒɪz/ noun [plural] HR, WORKPLACE ► WAGE(Cf. ↑wage) … Financial and business terms
wages — Compensation for manual labor, skilled or unskilled, paid at stated times, and measured by the day, week, month, or season. Sums paid as hire or reward to domestic or menial servants, artisans, mechanics, laborers, and other employees of like… … Ballentine's law dictionary
wages — A compensation given to a hired person for his or her services. Compensation of employees based on time worked or output of production. Every form of remuneration payable for a given period to an individual for personal services, including… … Black's law dictionary
wages — noun a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing (Freq. 2) the wages of sin is death virtue is its own reward • Syn: ↑reward, ↑payoff • Derivationally related forms: ↑reward ( … Useful english dictionary
wages — wage, wages Wages is normally used in the plural (Their wages are still too low); an older singular construction survives only in the biblical line For the wages of sinne is death (Romans 6:23). But wage is also used (What sort of wage are you… … Modern English usage
wages — n. 1) see wageI 2) starvation wages * * * see wage I starvation wages … Combinatory dictionary
wages — wage / wages [n] earnings for work allowance, bacon*, bacon and eggs*, bread*, compensation, cut, emolument, fee, hire, pay, payment, price, receipts, recompense, remuneration, return, returns, reward, salary, share, stipend, sugar*, take*, take… … New thesaurus
