wage
Example Sentences
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Joining the union, though, means he will get guaranteed wage increases and puts him on track to make more than $100,000 a year some day.
If the prime minister does secure a majority, the stagnant wages, the weak yen and cost of living will be her most immediate and biggest challenges.
From BBC
Many event contracts are held for less than a year, meaning any profits could be taxed the same as wages.
From MarketWatch
Fears of ending up in some unemployment graveyard mean workers hold on to lower wages or jobs they hate.
Ulysses S. Grant called the war “one of the most unjust ever waged.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.