wages

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.”

Do you think I’m going to let you hustle for wages while I philander in the regions of high art?

Here are your wages.” He handed each of them a shilling.

I used to be able to keep two assistants, but now I only keep one; and I would have a job to pay him but that he is willing to come for half wages so as to learn the business.”