money wages
economics wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power: Also called: nominal wages Compare real wages
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How to use money wages in a sentence
Economists long ago discovered the necessity of distinguishing between money wages and real wages.
Now, we shall see that it is requisite to distinguish between money wages and real wages.
Political economy | W. Stanley JevonsAnd there must these labourers go, with their money wages, to buy this same corn, at the enhanced retail price.
A Defence of Virginia | Robert L. DabneyIf the price of corn remained low, money wages would not rise, and general profits could not fall.
Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 | David RicardoThe money wages of labour are, I apprehend, generally regulated by facility of production.
Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 | David Ricardo
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