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  • plural of wage.
  • present tense form of wage (3rd person singular).
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wages

NOUN
payment for work
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Even the fluffy rom-coms are steeped in real life’s anxieties about the social and political, the wars and the wages.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

The “relentless supply of new workers” is compressing wages across professions, said Saurabh Mukherjea, founder of Mumbai-based Marcellus Investment Managers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

If the bonus is repaid after it has already been included in taxable wages, the tax consequences can be more complicated.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Some activists remain positive that more staffers at shelters will improve conditions, but others argue the money should go straight to the animals through food, enrichment and supplies instead of wages.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

What he did with his wages we never knew; he had remained as tattered and threadbare as ever.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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