wages
Example Sentences
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This matters in a labor market where wages are rising faster than consumption growth.
From Barron's
"If we put the rising cost of food products and energy and wages and the new national insurance, we'd have to charge £15.84 for a coffee and a cake," she said.
From BBC
Crews can’t hire fast enough, and when they do, workers often are poached by competitors dangling higher wages.
He was in a good mood, thanking Epstein, because he seemed to have helped sort out a problem for his ex-wife Sarah, over unpaid wages.
From BBC
Exports drive growth while race-to-the-bottom competition from overproduction hits prices, profits, wages and sales.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
