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Bond Servant :: Bond servant () A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.

Bond Service :: Bond service () The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.

Trustee :: Trustee (v. t.) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor..

Earning :: Earning (n.) That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.

Earn :: Earn (v. t.) To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels..

Hireling :: Hireling (a.) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.

Trade Union :: Trade union () An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc..

Portage :: Portage (n.) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.

Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward..

Corollary :: Corollary (n.) That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous..

Lockout :: Lockout (n.) The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages..

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type..

Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

Wage :: Wage (v. t.) That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.

Perquisite :: Perquisite (n.) Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service..

Bondmaid :: Bondmaid (n.) A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant..

Truck :: Truck (n.) The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.

Stipendiarian :: Stipend (v. t.) To pay by settled wages.

Low :: Low (superl.) Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages..

Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.

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