Meaning of WAGES
| Pronunciation: | | w'eyjuz
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward" |
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| | Synonyms: | | payoff, reward |
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| | See Also: | | aftermath, consequence | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wa"ges\, n. plural in termination, but singular in
signification. [Plural of wage; cf. F. gages, pl., wages,
hire. See {Wage}, n.]
A compensation given to a hired person for services; price
paid for labor; recompense; hire. See {Wage}, n., 2.
The wages of sin is death. --Rom. vi. 23.
{Wages fund} (Polit. Econ.), the aggregate capital existing
at any time in any country, which theoretically is
unconditionally destined to be paid out in wages. It was
formerly held, by Mill and other political economists,
that the average rate of wages in any country at any time
depended upon the relation of the wages fund to the number
of laborers. This theory has been greatly modified by the
discovery of other conditions affecting wages, which it
does not take into account. --Encyc. Brit.
Syn: See under {Wage}, n.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are paying out wages means your dissatisfaction over a particular issue.
Dreaming that you are receiving wages, symbolizes an omen of good fortune for your business. |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Rate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:14, 15); judgements threatened against the withholding of (Jer. 22:13; Mal. 3:5; comp. James 5:4); paid in money (Matt. 20:1-14); to Jacob in kind (Gen. 29:15, 20; 30:28; 31:7, 8, 41). |
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