wages

wage

noun

{bc}a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis

wage

verb

{bc}to engage in or carry on

nominal wages

plural noun

{bc}wages measured in money as distinct from actual purchasing power

starvation wages

plural noun

{bc}wages insufficient to provide the ordinary necessities of life

living wage

noun

{bc}a subsistence wage

minimum wage

noun

{bc}{sx|living wage||}

sub*min*i*mum

adjective

{bc}having or providing less than a specified {d_link|minimum|minimum}

fair wage

noun

{bc}a wage that is reasonable for the type of work done