wage

wage
wage n
1: a payment usu. of money for labor or services usu. according to a contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
— often used in pl.
2 pl: the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

wage
I noun allowance, compensation, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, income, meed, merces, pay, payment, quittance, rate of pay, recompense, remuneration, revenue, reward for service, salary, stipend associated concepts: minimum wage, wage rate II index commission (fee), exercise (discharge a function), fee (charge), income, payment (remittance), perquisite, ply, recompense

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


wage
n.
Compensation for work performed, particularly pay by the hour or by production paid weekly or daily to a manual or skilled worker; often called wages. See also salary
v.
To carry on some enterprise, particularly a war.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


wage
n. The payment to an employee, usually based on hours worked or quantity of goods or services produced.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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