wages

Cultural  

1. Payment for services to a worker, usually remuneration on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis.

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Example Sentences

This means more people start paying tax - or move into higher tax brackets - as wages rise.

From BBC

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said wages were going up "for the lowest paid" but said the government "must go further to bear down on costs".

From BBC

Modest inflation tends to reduce employers’ need to cut workers’ nominal wages during economic downturns.

From Barron's

BBC Scotland understands the company will not attempt to claim furlough money to help reimburse it for the wages of those staff who are now under threat.

From BBC

Chronic labor shortages are expected to keep pressure on companies to raise wages, and initial results from the country’s annual wage negotiations look positive.

From The Wall Street Journal