Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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 — 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
Hire — Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hired} (h[imac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiring}.] [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h[=y]rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See {Hire}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hire — (h[imac]r), n. [OE. hire, hure, AS. h[=y]r; akin to D. huur, G. heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.] 1. The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hire — Synonyms and related words: admission, admission fee, anchorage, appoint, bareboat charter, base pay, bespeak, book, brief, brokerage, carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, charter, compensation, contract for, cost, cover charge, demand, dismissal … Moby Thesaurus
hire — hiree, n. hirer, n. /huyeur/, v., hired, hiring, n., adj. v.t. 1. to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk. 2. to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent: to hire a limousine. 3. hire on … Universalium
compensation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Equalizing payment Nouns 1. (act of compensating) compensation, satisfaction, indemnification, indemnity; compromise; counteraction, [equal and opposite] reaction; measure for measure; retaliation,… … English dictionary for students
compensation — Synonyms and related words: alienation, amends, atonement, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, base pay, blame shifting, blood money, comeuppance, composition, compromise, consideration, correction, damages, decompensation, defense… … Moby Thesaurus
hire — [[t]haɪər[/t]] v. hired, hir•ing, n. 1) to engage the services of for wages or other payment 2) to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent: to hire a limousine[/ex] 3) phv hire out, to offer or exchange one s services for payment: He… … From formal English to slang
