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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Example Sentences

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

Labour would be higher, because the labourer would require higher money wages when corn was doubled in price.

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

If corn or cotton becomes dearer, the wages of every workman are really lessened; because he can buy less corn or cotton with his money wages.

From Political economy by Jevons, W. Stanley

If the price of corn remained low, money wages would not rise, and general profits could not fall.

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