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

The mere amount of money he receives for his exertions, irrespective of what the money will exchange for, forms his money wages.

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

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 Ricardo, David

If these poor men do not demand from you as Christians something more than mere money wages, what do the injunctions about charity mean? 

From The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed by Helps, Arthur, Sir