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real wages

[ ree-uh l, reel ]
/ ˈri əl, ril /
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plural noun Economics.

wages estimated not in money but in purchasing power.

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Origin of real wages

First recorded in 1880–85
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British Dictionary definitions for real wages

real wages

pl n

economics wages evaluated with reference to their purchasing power rather than to the money actually paidCompare money wages
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Culture definitions for real wages

real wages

Wages adjusted for the prevailing level of consumer prices. (See also constant dollars.)

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