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wage

/weɪd͡ʒ/ noun B2
  1. An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour. · Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.

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No entreaty, no proposition of increased wages, could induce them to remain; to every argument they replied, “We must go, for death is in this house.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 823 · C1
It was a breach of etiquette, of course, but oftentimes wage-earning girls waived formalities in matters of this kind.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 29 · C1
Do you think I’m going to let you hustle for wages while I philander in the regions of high art?
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 3 · C1
Here are your wages.” He handed each of them a shilling.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 57 · B2

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