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Example sentences from the Web for wagesOn Friday, the stock market hit new highs—even as wages were stagnating. With Immigration Move, Obama and the Welfare Party Strike Again|Lloyd Green|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Harping about a Republican war on women while wages stagnate and growth sputters is trivial and desperate. Earth to DNC: Dyspeptic Dad Still Votes, Too|Lloyd Green|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Annual wages range from $10,000-$13,000, well below the poverty line of $23,000 for a family of four. We're All Living on The Supermarket Plantation|Lewis Beale|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Wages are stagnant and middle-class household incomes continue to decline. Voters Remind D.C. That the Economy Still Sucks|Stuart Stevens|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The miners themselves went on strike again and again, trying to get their wages raised. In Chile, Poetry Outlives the Dictators|Jay Parini|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Miss Peasey's wages were in arrears, and he must pay her £4 10s. Plashers Mead|Compton Mackenzie Them school-bills, you know, I've always paid out o' my wages—that's why Jed let her go. The Underdog|F. Hopkinson Smith But occasional acts of drunkenness, if the seaman in other respects performs his duty, will not deprive him of his wages. The Seaman's Friend|Richard Henry Dana Yet, at the end of the season, the laborer has usually exhausted his wages and may be in debt to the planter. The Philippine Islands|Ramon Reyes Lala To be two or three days behind with his wages, for instance, was impossible. White Nights and Other Stories|Fyodor Dostoevsky
Words related to wagessalary, hire, pay, compensation, earnings, income SEE SYNONYMS FOR wages ON THESAURUS.COM
Payment for services to a worker, usually remuneration on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis. Words nearby wageswage differential, wage earner, wage incentive, wage-push inflation, wager, wages, wage scale, wages council, wage slave, wageworker, wagga The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |