wages
Example Sentences
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If it squeezes corporate margins, businesses could be more reluctant to raise wages.
A one-off rise in prices—for example, because of oil or tariffs—causes lasting inflation only if it works its way into other prices and wages.
If a child care provider raises the wages of child care workers too much, and subsequently increases its tuition rates, most families cannot afford to send their kids there – especially babies.
From Salon
To attract staff, hotels and restaurants are raising wages, but local businesses are struggling to keep up.
From Barron's
Valencia was referring to comments Chavez made decades ago criticizing immigrants who entered the country illegally for driving down wages.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
