nominal wages

plural noun Economics.

wages measured in terms of money and not by their ability to command goods and services.

Compare real wages.

Origin of nominal wages

First recorded in 1895–1900

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British Dictionary definitions for nominal wages

nominal wages

pl n

another name for money wages

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