plural of wage packet

plural of starvation wage

(economics) The part of national income, or the income of a particular economic sector, allocated to wages (labor).

(figuratively) A wage so low that it can barely support a person.

(UK, slang, obsolete) The sum of thirteenpence halfpenny.

plural of slave wage

A very low amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work.

plural of wage credit

(taxation, US) A compensation, received as gratuities, which has been paid for employment by an employer.

(US labor law, singular only, the tip wage credit) A law that allows an employer to count tips received by an employee toward the latter's minimum wage.