wages

salaire

Argent que l’on reçoit en échange de son travail.

En anglais simple : Money that you receive for the work you do.

• My wages cover the rent.
• The company raised wages last year.
• Do they pay decent wages?

Synonymes : pay, earnings

Expressions courantes : earn wages, weekly wages, low wages, higher wages

revenus, salaire

Total de l’argent gagné pendant une période donnée.

En anglais simple : The total money you earn during a particular period.

• Her weekly wages are six hundred pounds.
• He saved half his monthly wages.
• Their annual wages barely covered household expenses.

Synonymes : earnings, income, pay

Expressions courantes : weekly wages, monthly wages

châtiment, conséquences

Souffrance ou punition qui résulte d’une mauvaise action ou situation.

En anglais simple : The suffering or punishment that results from a bad action or situation.

• These broken families are the wages of war.
• He called his loneliness the wages of greed.
• The story explores the wages of betrayal.

Comment l'utiliser : the wages of something (The ruined villages showed the wages of war.)

Synonymes : consequences, punishment

Expressions courantes : wages of sin, wages of war