1. wages - Noun
2. wages - Verb
A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOnly in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. Terry Pratchett
There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible. Henry Ford
Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now. Henry David Thoreau
A lawyer's fee and a harlot's wages are paid in advance. Hindi Proverb
God pays, but not weekly wages. Polish Proverb
The pensioner gets the wages of the death. Japanese Proverb