wages

Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

As job gains have slowed, consumption has instead been underpinned by strong real wage growth, i.e., wages that have outpaced inflation.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

If energy prices seem set to remain high for the remainder of this year, workers are more likely to press for higher wages even as businesses will likely shy from incurring higher costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In 2018, Buckingham split with Fleetwood Mac and a legal battle over lost wages with his former band ensued.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Surveillance wages don’t stop at the hiring stage — they follow workers onto the job, too.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

When I carried to him my weekly wages, he would, after counting the money, look me in the face with a robber-like fierceness, and ask, “Is this all?”

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass