rate of wages

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• rate of wages — The wage scale as fixed by contract or collective bargaining. See prevailing rate of wages …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Wages — Wa ges (w[=a] j[e^]z), n. plural in termination, but singular in signification. [Plural of wage; cf. F. gages, pl., wages, hire. See {Wage}, n.] 1. A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wages fund — Wages Wa ges (w[=a] j[e^]z), n. plural in termination, but singular in signification. [Plural of wage; cf. F. gages, pl., wages, hire. See {Wage}, n.] 1. A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• prevailing rate of wages — The wages received generally by those who are working at the same trade or occupation. People ex rel. Rolf v Coler, 58 App Div 347 68 NYS 1101. The average, rather than the highest or lowest, wages paid for a legal day s work in the same trade or …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• wages — Compensation for manual labor, skilled or unskilled, paid at stated times, and measured by the day, week, month, or season. Sums paid as hire or reward to domestic or menial servants, artisans, mechanics, laborers, and other employees of like… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Wages —    Rate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:14, 15); judgements threatened against the withholding of (Jer. 22:13; Mal. 3:5; comp. James 5:4); paid in money (Matt. 20:1 14); to Jacob in kind (Gen. 29:15,… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Rate of exploitation — The rate of exploitation is a concept in Marxian political economy. It usually refers to the ratio of the total amount of unpaid labor done (surplus value) to the total amount of wages paid (the value of labour power). The rate of exploitation is …   Wikipedia

• rate — [[t]re͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ rates, rating, rated 1) N COUNT: with supp The rate at which something happens is the speed with which it happens. The rate at which hair grows can be agonisingly slow... The world s tropical forests are disappearing at an even… …   English dictionary

• Rate of profit — In economics and finance, the profit rate is the relative profitability of an investment project, of a capitalist enterprise, or of the capitalist economy as a whole. It is similar to the concept of the rate of return on investment. In Marxian… …   Wikipedia

• Wages —    S Rate of, 113 …   The makers of Canada

• current wages — The present rate of wages for specific work or employment. Compensation for services continuing for some time and payable periodically as it accrues for a wage period, that is, a week, two weeks, or a month, or by the day as the work is performed …   Ballentine's law dictionary