Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 12 compound words that contain wages. The most common are listed below. Open wages in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- lost wagesIncome that a plaintiff in a lawsuit would have received but for the actions of the defendant, and for which the defendant is therefore liable.
- minimum wagesplural of minimum wage: The lowest rate at which an employer must legally pay an employee, usually expressed as pay per hour.
- board wagesplural of board wage: A monetary allowance given to servants so that they can buy food for themselves.
- living wagesplural of living wage: The minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.
- starvation wagesplural of starvation wage: A wage so low that it can barely support a person.
- family wagesplural of family wage: A wage that is sufficient to raise or support a family.
- maximum wagesplural of maximum wage: A legal limit on how much a person can earn; an institutional limit on how much a job role can earn (as for example military ranks or occupational specialties).
- slave wagesplural of slave wage: A very low amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work.
- hourly wagesplural of hourly wage: The amount that an employee is paid per hour of work.
- shadow real wagesplural of shadow real wage: A shadow price of labor, i. e. a real wage which is not based on actual market exchanges.
- hangman's wagesThe sum of thirteenpence halfpenny.
Compound words 12
- McWagesThe low wages paid for a McJob.
- wagesmanAlternative form of wageman: An Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Northern Territory in Australia
- brewagesplural of brewage: Something brewed.
- flowagesplural of flowage: A flowing or overflowing of liquid.
- reswagesthird-person singular simple present indicative of reswage: To swage again.
- Spowagesplural of Spowage: A surname.
- stowagesplural of stowage: The act or practice of stowing.
- underwagesplural of underwage: An unsufficient wage.
- wageslaveAlternative form of wage slave: Someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy.
- wagesmenplural of wagesman: An Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Northern Territory in Australia