| 单词 | wages-fund |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswages-fund wages-fund n. (also wage-fund) Political Economy that part of the total capital of a community which is available for paying wages. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for other purposes alms purse1530 privy purse1565 sinking fund1717 stakea1744 pension fund1757 spare-chest1769 road fund1784 revolving fund1793 community chest1796 provident fund1817 sustentation fund1837 wages-fund1848 slush fund1874 treasury chest fund1877 fall money1883 jackpot1884 provision1895 war chest1901 juice1935 fighting fund1940 structural fund1967 appeal fund1976 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. ii. xi. §1. 402 There is unfortunately no mode of expressing by one familiar term, the aggregate of what may be called the wages-fund of a country. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. viii. 241 The remark has frequently been made that the capital of the country provides its wage-fund. This wage-fund is distributed amongst the whole wage-receiving population, and, therefore, the average of each individual's wages cannot increase unless either the number of those who receive wages is diminished, or the wage-fund, which, in other words, may be described as the capital of the country, is increased. < as lemmas |
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