money wages

British  

plural noun

1. Also called: nominal wages. economics wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power Compare real wages

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money wages

Except in the case of minimum-wage workers there is considerable evidence that most employer costs associated with health insurance are passed along to workers in the form of lower money wages.

From Newsweek ● Mar. 23, 2015

Workers bargain for money wages, and a reduction in their money incomes might leave total demand too low to employ all those willing to work.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2010

Under the circumstances then that I have supposed, the rate of profits would rise though money wages would fall.

From Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 by David Ricardo

In this case, therefore, I think it is clearly demonstrated that a rise in the price of corn, which increases the money wages of the labourer, diminishes the money value of the farmer's profits.

From On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by David Ricardo

Point out distinctly the connection between the money wages of laborers in the United States and the productiveness of the soil.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

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