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单词 wage scale
释义

wage scale


noun

a schedule of wages paid workers performing related tasks in an industry or shop.
a particular employer's wage schedule.

Origin of wage scale

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby wage scale

wage earner, wage incentive, wage-push inflation, wager, wages, wage scale, wages council, wage slave, wageworker, wagga, Wagga Wagga
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Example sentences from the Web for wage scale

  • Sometimes, too, it has been run at a loss, without any cut in the wage-scale to help the owner in that period of loss.

    Making People Happy|Thompson Buchanan
  • The adjustment of the wage-scale was a problem of some delicacy.

    Women in Modern Industry|B. L. Hutchins
  • It rests in the fact that our wage-scale and standard of living are being shot to pieces by the newcomers.

    Our Part in the Great War|Arthur Gleason

British Dictionary definitions for wage scale

wage scale

noun

a schedule of wages paid to workers for various jobs in an industry, company, etc
an employer's schedule of wages
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for wage scale

wage scale

A schedule of the wages paid to different classes of workers in a company.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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