wages
/ˈweɪdʒɪz/
noun
- Money paid to a worker for their labor, usually calculated by the hour or day.
- The company raised wages for all employees.
- She earns good wages as a carpenter.
- He worked hard for his weekly wages.
- The result or consequence of an action (often used in a figurative sense, e.g., 'the wages of sin').
- The wages of laziness is missed opportunities.
- They believed that dishonesty brought its own wages.
- The wages of poor planning is chaos.