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A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2. The wages of sin is death. Rom. vi. 23. Wages fund , the aggregate capital existing at any time in any country, which theoretically is

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A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2. The wages of sin is death. Rom. vi. 23. Wages fund , the aggregate capital existing at any time in any country, which theoretically is unconditionally destined to be paid out in wages. It was formerly held, by Mill and other political economists, that the average rate of wages in any country at any time depended upon the relation of the wages fund to the number of laborers. This theory has been greatly modified by the discovery of other conditions affecting wages, which it does not take into account. Encyc. Brit. Syn. -- See under Wage, n. (more info) Etym:

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  • WAGES
    A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2. The wages of sin is death. Rom. vi. 23. Wages fund , the aggregate capital existing at any time in any country, which theoretically is
  • RESTITUTION
    The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. (more info) 1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or
  • EXPIATION
    1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty. His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation. W. Irving. 2. The means by which reparation
  • INDEMNIFICATION
    1. The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified. Indemnification is capable of some estimate; dignity has no standard. Burke.
  • REMUNERATION
    1. The act of remunerating. 2. That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings. Shak. Syn. -- Reward; recompense; compensation; pay; payment; repayment; satisfaction; requital.
  • EQUIVALENTLY
    In an equal manner.
  • SATISFACTION
    1. The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands. The mind having a power to suspend the execution
  • RESTORATION
    1. The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reëstablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war. Behold the different
  • EQUIVALENT
    Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle. (more info) aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to be strong, 1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power,
  • ALLOWANCE
    A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret. (more info) 1. Approval; approbation. Crabbe. 2. The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission;
  • RESTORATIONISM
    The belief or doctrines of the Restorationists.
  • RESTORATIONIST
    One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.
  • AMERCEMENT
    The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is
  • RESTORATIONER
    A Restorationist.
  • ATONEMENT
    1. Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. By whom we have now received the atonement. Rom. v. 11. He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers. Shak. 2. Satisfaction or reparation
  • COMPENSATION
    1. The act or principle of compensating. Emerson. 2. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration;
  • UNSATISFACTION
    Dissatisfaction. Bp. Hall.
  • INSATISFACTION
    1. Insufficiency; emptiness. Bacon. 2. Dissatisfaction. Sir T. Browne.
  • RECOMPENSATION
    Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff. (more info) 1. Recompense.
  • DISALLOWANCE
    The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
  • DISSATISFACTION
    The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness
  • WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT
    A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover from an employer in case of accident, esp. the British act of 6 Edw. VII. c. 58 giving to a workman, except in certain cases of "serious and willful misconduct," a right against his
  • SELF-SATISFACTION
    The quality or state of being self-satisfied.

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