wage
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1.4
- noun
- /weɪdʒ/
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salario
- First, it meant that wages were always substantially higher here than in Europe.
- minimum wage
- pay wages
- hourly wage
We are not seeing the conditions of a wage price spiral.
- We are not seeing the conditions of a wage price spiral.
- And these lower paying jobs increase wage inflation more slowly.
- Anyway, point being, the Atlanta wage tracker is giving us good news.
- People really really dislike nominal wage reductions.
- Each worker can draw the same wage if everybody chooses.
- Can you get an average wage in Pakistan, please?
- And so I hired a realtor that I paid an hourly wage to sell my houses.
- I see that challenge as one in which working people don't have a livable wage to afford food.
- These are, these are low wage global workforce.
- this pay somebody a shit wage. They show up, you know, for
Examples
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But as your wage goes up, that money goes down.
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Well, good luck supporting your family on minimum wage.
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So that turned into pretty good, you know, per hour wage that is fantastic.
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Other studies have also found positive wage returns to community college education.
Academic text (2011) -
I started off right here working for wages, just like many of you.
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Programs with the lowest median wages included child care, home care, and education.
Academic text (2011) -
Four dollars a day was the going wage for a hard-rock mine.
Fiction book (1992) -
Country has low rents, high wages, plenty to do.
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I've got a week's wage due from Mrs Mills.
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Many workers rely on a steady wage to meet their monthly expenses.
Synonyms
913
1.0
Money you receive for work or services
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2.3
Money people or companies get from work, business, and investments
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7.6
Money paid to someone for work or services
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2.4
The amount of money given for work, usually per hour or week
Compounds
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3.9
A schedule that shows how much people are paid for different jobs or experience levels
- Slang
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8.1
A situation when people must work for very low pay with no control or choice
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Wage comes from an old word meaning 'payment' or 'something given' for work, so a wage is the money you are paid for doing work.