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Wage scale

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wage schedulenouna schedule of wages paid for different jobs
wagenoun(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
slave wagenounA very low amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work.
scalenounAn ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
wage sharenoun(economics) The part of national income, or the income of a particular economic sector, allocated to wages (labor).
ratenounThe proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
wage labornounLabor that is sustained by giving the laborer a wage.
payscalenounA system of pay grades.
wage billnounThe total amount of money spent by an organization on wages.
wagedomnounThe practice of hiring workers for wages.
wage packetnoun(figurative) The salary of an employee
board wagenoun(historical) A monetary allowance given to servants so that they can buy food for themselves.
labor sharenoun(economics) Synonym of wage share.
living wagenoun(economics) The minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.
wage stopnoun(economics) A limit on the state benefits an unemployed person can receive, preventing these benefits from exceeding the amount that the person would be expected to earn if employed.
paybandnounA pay grade; one of the levels of payment making up a payscale.
gross paynounAn amount of pay, wages, salary, or other compensation before deductions, such as for taxes, insurance, and retirement.
pay spinenounA tiered range of salaries for different jobs or for those who have been in a job for differing amounts of time.
wage driftnoun(economics) The tendency of real-world wages to rise faster than they would if kept in line with wage increases periodically recommended by government.
maximum wagenounA legal limit on how much a person can earn; an institutional limit on how much a job role can earn (as for example military ranks or occupational specialties).

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