as in salary
often wages plural
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
the wage you earn is more than enough to support us comfortably
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Recent Examples of wage
Public workers are reporting real wage declines of over 70% since the start of the year, and strikes are spreading among healthcare workers, teachers and pensioners.
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Antonio Maria Delgado
july 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
More than 3,000 Sacramento County workers went on strike Tuesday morning urging the Board of Supervisors to raise employee wages.
—Sacbee.com, 8 July 2025
After the regime's move in late 2023 to raise official wages tenfold, the average worker now earns about 30,000 North Korean won—less than $4—per month, analysts say.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
The German signed a new deal — his current one — helping to spread his wages over more years.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 27 June 2025
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Antonio Maria Delgado
july 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
More than 3,000 Sacramento County workers went on strike Tuesday morning urging the Board of Supervisors to raise employee wages.
—Sacbee.com, 8 July 2025
After the regime's move in late 2023 to raise official wages tenfold, the average worker now earns about 30,000 North Korean won—less than $4—per month, analysts say.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
The German signed a new deal — his current one — helping to spread his wages over more years.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wage
salary
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But using a trade exception, which allows a team to acquire a player in a trade even if their salary would otherwise put the team over the salary cap or the team is already over the salary cap, hard caps teams at the first apron.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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Just this year, Marner will collect $9.45 million of the $15 million coming between the signing bonus and salary.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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