wage
71wage pattern — wage pattern, a specific wage scale regarded as a model or guide in determining the general wage scale of an industry or region: »The contracts under discussion set the warehouse wage pattern throughout Northern California (Wall Street Journal) …
72wage bargaining — ➔ bargaining * * * wage bargaining UK US noun [U] HR, WORKPLACE ► PAY BARGAINING(Cf. ↑pay bargaining) …
73wage gap — ➔ gap * * * wage gap UK US noun [C, usually singular] HR, WORKPLACE ► PAY GAP(Cf. ↑pay gap) …
74wage packet — noun [countable] another name for pay packet * * * wage packet UK US noun [C] UK WORKPLACE, HR ► PAY PACKET(Cf. ↑pay packet) …
75wage earner — UK US noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a person who earns money by working: »For her, life as a wage earner began at 15. »For low income wage earners, rent in most U.S. cities is simply beyond reach …
76wage packet — wage packets N COUNT People s wages can be referred to as their wage packet. [mainly BRIT] They work long hours in order to take home a fat wage packet. (in AM, usually use paycheck) …
77wage slave — wage′ slave n. a person who works for a wage, being totally dependent on such income • Etymology: 1885–90 wage′ slav ery, n …
78wage fund — wage fund, wages fund or wages fund theory noun The former theory that there is at any given time in a country a determinate amount of capital available for the payment of labour, therefore the average wage depends on the proportion of this fund… …
79wage curve — UK US noun [countable] [singular wage curve plural wage curves] business a line on a graph that shows the relationship between the average pay for workers in a region or industry and the rate of unemployment in that region or i …
80wage-packet — UK US noun [countable] [singular wage packet plural wage packets] british a pay packet Thesaurus: wages and salariessynonym extra payments and benefits in addition to wages …
