plural of shadow real wage

(economics) A shadow price of labor, i. e. a real wage which is not based on actual market exchanges.

plural of real-life experience

(LGBT) A period of time in which transgender individuals live full-time in their identified gender role in order to be eligible to receive gender-affirming treatment.

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) A situation suddenly became much more dangerous or serious from the viewpoint of the speaker.

(mathematics) The real number system adjoined with two extra symbols: ∞ and −∞, inheriting the ordering of the real number system, and defining −∞ to be less than any real number, and ∞ to be larger than any real number.

(aphorism, humorous) The stereotypical man does not do things that are considered effeminate.

(idiomatic, humorous) A request for the real person or thing to be identified from among others that are similar.

(colloquial, derogatory) preference for one's feelings or beliefs over the reality that they contradict

The journey is often more important than the destination.