noun
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing (Freq. 2)
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the wages of sin is death
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virtue is its own reward
• Hypernyms: ↑consequence, ↑aftermath
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present third singular of wage
plural of wage
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wages, etc noun
Income, wages, etc measured in terms of their actual purchasing power
● real
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Salary and wages are both used to refer to the money paid to someone regularly for the work they do.
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◊ 'salary'
Professional people such as teachers are usually paid a salary. Their salary is the amount of money which they are paid each year, although they actually get a certain amount each month.
She earns a high salary as an accountant.
◊ 'wages'
If someone gets money each week for the work they do, you refer to this money as their wages.
His wages had been reduced to seventy pounds a week.
◊ 'wage'
You can refer in a general way to the amount that someone earns as a wage.
...the problems of bringing up children on a low wage.
They're campaigning for a legal minimum wage.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.