wage : Idioms & Phrases

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Board wages

  • . See under 1st Board.
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living wage

  • noun a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably
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minimum wage

  • noun the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law
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To wage battle

  • (O. Eng. Law), to give gage, or security, for joining in the duellum, or combat. See Wager of battel, under Wager, n. Burrill.
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To wage one's law

  • (Law), to give security to make one's law. See Wager of law, under Wager, n.
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wage claim

  • noun the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives
    pay claim.
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wage concession

  • noun an agreement to raise wages
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wage earner

  • noun someone who earn wages in return for their labor
    earner.
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wage floor

  • noun floor below which wages are not allowed to fall
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wage freeze

  • noun a freeze of wages at a given level
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wage hike

  • noun the amount a salary is increased
    wage hike; raise; hike; rise; salary increase.
    • he got a 3% raise
    • he got a wage hike
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wage increase

  • noun the amount a salary is increased
    wage hike; raise; hike; rise; salary increase.
    • he got a 3% raise
    • he got a wage hike
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wage scale

  • noun a schedule of wages paid for different jobs
    wage scale.
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wage schedule

  • noun a schedule of wages paid for different jobs
    wage scale.
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wage setter

  • noun any economic condition or variable that serves to set wage rates
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wage-earning

  • adjective satellite working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
    working-class.
    • working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor
  • adjective satellite of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
    propertyless; working-class; blue-collar.
    • party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw
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