Earning money · Money and prices
wages
pay for work
Wages are money paid for work, often by the hour or week.
This vs that
Her wages depend on the hours she works.
His salary stays the same each month.
Hear it in real life
When do you get paid?
I get my wages every Friday.
The workers are asking for higher wages because food and rent have gone up.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Wages is the ordinary word for pay linked to hours or short periods of work.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My wage are paid every Friday.
Say: My wages are paid every Friday.
Wages is normally used as a plural noun.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
earn/get/receive wages; hourly/weekly wages
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about earning money.
be paid by the hour
I’m paid by the hour, so my wages vary each month.
earn extra money by ___
She earns extra money by tutoring online.
Earning money words
Money and prices · Earning money: the words around “wages”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
I get my wages every week.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
wages
pay for work
“The workers are asking for higher wages because food and rent have gone up.”
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