Wages

Word WAGES
Character 5
Hyphenation wa ges
Pronunciations /ˈweɪd͡ʒɪz/

Definitions and meanings of "Wages"

What do we mean by wages?

(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

A butchering of the original word "wages" (way'-jez). Often made by Latin students who believe all g's shouldn't not be pronounced like j's. Urban Dictionary

The unit of measurement for the piss of a male to make one clockwise rotation around a standard toilet bowl. Urban Dictionary

The words way and huge combined. Used to describe something huger than normal hugeness. Urban Dictionary

It is similar to own or pwn but if adds more emphesis then them. Urban Dictionary

A great, successful driver! One who is loved and appreciated by all others on the road. Urban Dictionary

The establishment where a person is forced to attend during working hours. Urban Dictionary

The wage gap is a real idea of women being paid less simply because of being women. It is a big problem for feminism, however, it actually has roots in intelectual stuff, because 1. Women are paid less because women work less. 2. Women take more time off. 3. Women are less competetive. As You can see, feminists shoukd stop whining about this. Urban Dictionary

A really cool metal band that originating in Central Florida, Wage War gathers inspiration from several different sub-genres of metal, explaining their wide range of appeal to metal heads everywhere. White Chapel, The Devil Wears Prada, and August Burns Red are just a few of their influences. Mixing the anger and angst of Hardcore Metal with a positive message of redemption and hope. Wage War has a bright future ahead of them. The current lineup consists of unclean vocalist Briton Bond, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Seth Blake, rhythm guitarist and clean vocalist Cody Quistad, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Chris Gaylord and drummer and percussionist Stephen Kleusener. Urban Dictionary

Regular worker/employee. someone with no autonomy who must work to survive. Urban Dictionary

Perjorative name for Las Vegas, Nevada, due to the tendency of one to lose money in gambling. Also spelled with dollar signs in place of each letter S (Lo$t Wage$) Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Wages

  • Antonyms for wages
  • Wages antonyms not found!

The word "wages" in example sentences

Now, in the famine time, the labourer, as a rule, could not obtain money wages for the cultivation of the soil -- a fact well known to the Government; so that _money wages_ of almost any amount must withdraw him from agriculture, from the absolute necessity he was under of warding off immediate starvation. ❋ John O'Rourke (N/A)

Based on their philosophy of "personal responsibility" they argue that the "gender gap" in wages is due to women preferring flexible work schedules and shorter working hours, and, since women clearly aren't setting money as their highest priority, that's not a problem (and traditional marriage is the solution to any worries about financial insecurity, anyway). ❋ Peggy (2008)

As to the argument far above (and unrelated to most of this thread) that the gender gap in wages is just five percent, well, that’s rubbish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In 2007, the gap in wages and benefits was $11.31. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Moreover, he was upfront about the fact that he was interventionist, claiming credit for policies such as discouraging any drop in wages, supporting farm prices, infrastructure projects, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Chinese producers of western must-haves such as the iPad and iPhone receive a 66% increase in wages ❋ Julia Finch (2010)

Today the average postal worker makes $83,000 a year in wages and benefits, roughly 50% above the average compensation for private workers, according to federal wage data. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Imagine for a moment that instead of having your employer pay a portion of your premium they gave you that money in wages and you had to go buy your own health insurance. ❋ Xtra (2009)

Several governments, already living dangerously with high debt, were pushed to the brink of financial collapse and have been forced to impose punishing cuts in wages, pensions and employment -- measures that have brought workers out by the tens of thousands over the past months. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Worse for us is that nearly all our competitors are ma and pa companies with less than $500,000 in wages a year, meaning that our competitors will be exempt from these taxes, giving them an automatic 4% cost advantage over our company. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If You made $2.00 an hour in wages in 1969, today you would have to have $20.00 an hour to have the same spending power as then. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One, the employee would have visibility as to the amount they are foregoing in wages as a result of health care. ❋ Xtra (2009)

Overall, the 108 assembly members cost £13m per year – £5m in wages, £8m in expenses – for a province with a smaller population than that of Greater Manchester. ❋ O'Neill (2009)

You could then have hired unemployed people off the street for less than you were paying those experienced whiners and not only would you be able to replace the employee who quit, but you could have combined the savings in wages from your obviously overpaid employees with the stimulus dollars to actually create another low paying job – thus putting more people to work for poverty wages. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The US county with the highest increase in wages over the past year? ❋ Unknown (2009)

"The wages are [incredible]... [I mean] wages... With a [soft] g..." ❋ Griffin (2005)

Dude, I drank so much I just went [27] [wages]. My personal record is [32] wages. ❋ Dgrllas (2009)

A [turd] that is so large it can't be [flushed] without size reduction [modification] is wage. ❋ Little Dog Monk (2006)

Dude i was playin' [CS:S] the other day and i killed the whole T [force], [i was like] wage! ❋ Twohats (2007)

That [driver] follows all [the rules], [what a] real Wages! ❋ Wagedigger (2017)

[See you later] honey, I'm off to the [fucken] wage cage to [earn] us some bread. ❋ Zonal K (2018)

Woman: I [hate] the [wage gap]! Man: Hey, [VSauce], (NAME) here. ❋ Ayourmomhot (2022)

[Wage war] made 4 albums for nowadays. First "Blueprints" in 2015, "[Deadweight]" in 2017, "Pressure" in 2019 and "[Manic]" in 2021 ❋ ZeroNil (2023)

[I am] a wage slave at [McDonalds] ❋ Giselle Gardonyi (2004)

Joe went to [Lo]$t [Wage]$ and [lost his shirt]. ❋ Dennis (2003)

Cross Reference for Wages

What does wages mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews