wage scale

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [weyj skeyl]
- /weɪdʒ skeɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [weyj skeyl]
- /weɪdʒ skeɪl/

Definitions of wage scale words

noun wage scale a schedule of wages paid workers performing related tasks in an industry or shop. 1
noun wage scale a particular employer's wage schedule. 1
noun wage scale salary range 1
noun wage scale a schedule of wages paid to workers for various jobs in an industry, company, etc 0
noun wage scale an employer's schedule of wages 0
noun wage scale a schedule of wages paid for the performance of related jobs or tasks in a given industry, plant, locality, etc. 0

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Origin of wage scale

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Wage scale

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wage scale

wage scale popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

wage scale usage trend in Literature

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