Wages

Definition of wages:

part of speech: noun

Hire; payment for service.

part of speech: noun

( used as sing.) Wage: that which is paid for services.

Usage examples for wages:

• Me first month's wages blowed in for outside decoratin'- but I reckon the grub'll hold out for a spell. "Sundown Slim", Henry Hubert Knibbs.

• He can't get any work or earn wages "Turn About Eleanor", Ethel M. Kelley.

• And wages had nothing to do with it. "Gargoyles", Ben Hecht.

• And they will keep on doing it, as long as wages are to be earned that way. "Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace", George Hebard Maxwell.