Wages is an English word with synonyms like reward or payoff. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Wages meaning
plural of wage. It may take a singular verb. E.g. 'the wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23 KJV)
Synonyms of Wages
Using Wages
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of wage. It may take a singular verb. E.g. 'the wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23 KJV)
- Useful related words include: reward, payoff, consequence, aftermath.
- In the example corpus, wages often appears in combinations such as: wages and, wages for, higher wages.
Context around Wages
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wages
- In this selection, "wages" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, minimum, higher, sector, although, discussing and act stand out and add context to how "wages" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of their wages for time, 150 percent wages for the, higher wages, real wages and minimum wages. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wages" sits close to words such as eggs, hotels and luke, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wages
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Fed has been closely watching wages, fearing that rising wages could reignite inflation. (14 words)
I didn’t care about wages and for me, it was alright to earn low wages. (16 words)
He said the Minimum Wages Act should be implemented and the wages of Beedi workers should be increased. (18 words)
In fact, an employer must not prohibit an employee from disclosing the employee’s own wages, discussing the wages of others, inquiring about another employee’s wages, or aiding or encouraging any other employee to exercise his or her rights under the law. (43 words)
The original JSS plan saw firms eligible to pay staff all of their wages for time they worked and a third of their wages for time they were off, with the Treasury covering another third, or 22 per cent of the total. (42 words)
Our long-term strategy is to maintain downward pressure on inflation with wages -- as long as wages remain low, those of us with capital will continue to reap the benefits of an increasing money supply without having to worry about inflation. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the second quarter, average annual wages in El Paso County were 9.2% lower than U.S. wages and 15.1% lower than Colorado wages, although that is an improvement from 14.1% lower-than-the-U.
In fact, an employer must not prohibit an employee from disclosing the employee’s own wages, discussing the wages of others, inquiring about another employee’s wages, or aiding or encouraging any other employee to exercise his or her rights under the law.
Although the minimum wages in the private sector are being decided upon by the Regional Wages and Productivity Boards, Zubiri noted that they are constrained to issuing only one wage order per year, unless they declare supervening conditions.
He said the Minimum Wages Act should be implemented and the wages of Beedi workers should be increased.
After an hour above 82 degrees in the shop, they earn 150 percent wages for the rest of the shift; above 86 degrees, double wages or the right to leave work with no punishment.
And though wages have gone up, and the statistics say wages have gone up faster than prices, people still feel pinched in their pocketbooks.
In 1971 Nixon froze all wages and prices (except for agricultural commodities) for 90 days by executive order, and then went on to establish government control of wages and prices.
The Fed has been closely watching wages, fearing that rising wages could reignite inflation.
Two measures that economists most commonly use for inflation-adjusted wages show higher wages now compared with five decades ago.
Legal wages in these cases generally accounted for a larger portion of the income compared to untaxed wages.
Now, if one were to take the 2019 total public sector salaries and wages which amounted to approximately $70 billion – this would work out to roughly $6 billion in wages and salaries for public sector employees per month.
Private sector wages grew by just 0.1 in the quarter to an annual rate of 1.7 per cent, while public sector wages were up 0.6 per cent to 2.1 per cent.
The ministry has the power to force employers to pay wages and can use the guarantee money deposited with the ministry to pay unpaid wages.
The original JSS plan saw firms eligible to pay staff all of their wages for time they worked and a third of their wages for time they were off, with the Treasury covering another third, or 22 per cent of the total.
A business’s W-2 wages impact the QBI deduction once the taxable income threshold is met, so increasing W-2 wages may allow for a more favorable deduction assuming the deduction outweighs the increased payroll tax liability.
But wages above the cap have grown more quickly than the average wage, so the cap (set this year at $132,900) now covers only 83 percent of wages, reducing taxes flowing into the system.
I didn’t care about wages and for me, it was alright to earn low wages.
Our long-term strategy is to maintain downward pressure on inflation with wages -- as long as wages remain low, those of us with capital will continue to reap the benefits of an increasing money supply without having to worry about inflation.
Prices rose, too, but wages kept up, while the desire for more products fueled a cycle of more employment and higher wages to make them.
Workers complained that the wages in different grades were not increased proportionately and wages were nor increased for the senior workers.
Phrases with wages
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with wages
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- wages and 40×
- wages for 18×
- higher wages 17×
- wages in 14×
- real wages 14×
- the wages 13×
- and wages 12×
- wages of 11×
- wages are 8×
- on wages 8×