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Meaning of 'wages' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wages [ n.]
- A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.

Meaning of 'wages' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wages [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
Example in sentence:
  • the wages of sin is death;
  • virtue is its own reward

Nearby Words:

wag wag-halter wagati wage waged wagel wagenboom wager wagered wagerer

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Related Definitions

  • Real Wages
    Real Wages are the value of wages, adjusted for the level of consumer prices. If the nominal value of wages is growing faster than consumer

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