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wages
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

Syn: ↑reward, ↑payoff
Derivationally related forms: ↑reward (for: ↑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.

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'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.

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'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.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.