wages

Speech parts

1. wages - Noun

2. wages - Verb

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

commission return living money income pay gain net revenue profit bread tribute payment fee compensation
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Antonyms

cost loss consumption credit debt duty
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Hypernyms

consequence aftermath

Phrases with the word

hangman's wages increase in wages full wages advance of wages wages paid on sick leave cut in wages

Anagrams

swage

Examples

Only 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

Close letter words and terms

wagerer wagering wagery wages after deductions wages after taxes wages paid on sick leave