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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money wages

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 expense of these increased money wages falls wholly on the capitalist.

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

It has been remarked several times that the advance of money wages and of money prices made most people feel wealthier, and, feeling wealthier, they were less inclined to grumble over the taxes.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

Although the money wages of labour were lowered, because there were more labourers in the market, the real amount of wages was higher, for better food was created by pasturage at a cheaper rate.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles