wages
101(the) wages of sin — death The venerable inducement to virtue was that only the good people survive in this life and the next. The modern usage may be more literal: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life... {Romans 6: 23) I could …
102champagne tastes, beer wages — (UK) A person who likes expensive things but has a low income has champagne taste and beer wages …
103Parity Commission for Prices and Wages — / Paritätische Kommission Together with Proportionality or Proporz, the Parity Commission was a major instrument of social stability in Austria after World War II. Established in March 1957, during a period of inflation, it consisted of two …
104money wages — /ˈmʌni weɪdʒəz/ (say munee wayjuhz) plural noun the actual amount of money paid out as wages for work done (opposed to real wages) …
105nominal wages — /nɒmənəl ˈweɪdʒəz/ (say nomuhnuhl wayjuhz) plural noun wages measured in terms of money and not by their ability to command goods and services. Compare real wages …
106real wages — /ril ˈweɪdʒəz / (say reel wayjuhz) plural noun wages paid for work done, expressed in terms of purchasing power (opposed to money wages) …
107prevailing rate of wages — The wages received generally by those who are working at the same trade or occupation. People ex rel. Rolf v Coler, 58 App Div 347 68 NYS 1101. The average, rather than the highest or lowest, wages paid for a legal day s work in the same trade or …
108nominal wages — n. wages stated in terms of money paid, not in terms of purchasing power …
109board wages — noun plural 1. : wages (as of a domestic servant) paid in the form of board and lodging 2. : an allowance for food or for food and lodging provided to an employee especially as part of wages …
110brazen law of wages — iron law of wages * * * Econ. See iron law of wages …
