工资(regular payment for work (esp manual or unskilled) or services，as by the hour，day or week)[C，通常pl]：What is his day's/weekly～? 他的日/周工资是多少? a daily/weekly～of $50 每日/每周50美元的工资;～s of $50 a week 一周50美元的工资; the average worker's～平均工人工资;bring up children on a low～以低工资抚养孩子; apportion one's～分配使用工资;a living/minimum/decent/fair/nominal/real/regular/take-home/meagre～生活/最低/相当不错的/相当金额的/名义/实际/固定/实得/微薄的工资; time/basic/money/supplementary/incentive(AmE)/starvation/substance/board～s 计时/基本/现金/附加/奖励/不足维持生活的/维持最低生活的/仅够膳食的工资;～s by the hour/for living/in kind/in sliding scale/on efficiency 计时/生活/实物/浮动/效率工资; have a rise in one's～s 长了工资; have a～rise/increase of $20 a week 每周增长工资20美元; pay/earn/increase/receive/seek～s 付给/挣/提高/领取/谋求工资;dock/cut down/freeze/raise sb's～s 减少/消 减/冻 结/提高某人的工资;deduct tax/insurance from sb's～s 从某人的工资中扣除税金/保险金; a～claim/freeze/increase/rise/level/scale/packet/restrain 工资要求/冻结/增长/增长/水准/等级/袋/限制; The～s of sin is dead.(Bible)罪恶的报应是死亡。(圣经)〖同〗pay，payment，earnings，salary;

→′wage-claim n 增加工资的要求;′wage-earner n 挣工资的人;′wage-slave n 做苦差赚钱的人;

【说明】名词 wage¹ 通常为复数(谓语动词可用 sing 或 pl);但在某些短语中或作 attrib 时可用单数(见以上例句)。

【辨异】wage¹ 与 fee、income、pay 和salary 的区别见FEE。