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The price your hours fetch on a market that pretends not to be one.
means The money paid to a worker for labor, usually figured by the hour, day, or week.
from From Old North French wage, a pledge or security — the same root as wager and gage, meaning your boss is, in a sense, betting on you.
Salary vs wageSalt-paid Romans gave us salary; wages stayed hourly.
Iron lawOld theory: wages always sink to bare survival.
Living wageCoined 1870s, still loudly unsettled today.