A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis.
1 Labor takes its share in wages ; capital takes its share in profits.
2 The government is expected to freeze all public sector wages next week.
3 This week, UK wages growth hit its highest level in 10 years.
4 Portugal still has one of the lowest minimum wages in western Europe.
5 Anarchists don't believe in wages , and they certainly don't believe in taxes.
6 The bill also adjusts income tax rules and cuts government workers wages .
7 Robert Peston examines whether the increase in wages is likely to continue.
8 We need more jobs, we need better wages , a lot better wages .
9 In March, Apple agreed with Foxconn to improve wages and working conditions.
10 He said chief executives had more responsibility, so their wages were justified.
11 The members of his union seem to enjoy decent-enough wages and conditions.
12 Not in wages ; for the English were better paid than the Germans.
13 A gender disproportionately affected by low wages and domestic violence, she says.
14 That is far below the 35 percent top tax rate for wages .
15 The produce of labour constitutes the natural recompence or wages of labour.
16 For years, low wages meant automation was simply not worth the expense.
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