money wages
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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
A clear distinction must be made between real wages and money wages; the former is of importance to the laborer as being his real receipts.
From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart
Real wages remain the same; money wages less.
From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart
The gradual increase of welfare among wage-earners is greater even than the increase in money wages.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
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