covered wages. Wages on which a person is required to pay social-security taxes. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4374. C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 192, 194.]
current wages. Wages for the current period; wages that are not past due.
front wages. Prospective compensation paid to a victim of job discrimination until the denied position becomes available. [Cases: Civil Rights 1471, 1571, 1583(2). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 150, 172–173.]
minimum wage. The lowest permissible hourly rate of compensation for labor, as established by federal statute and required of employers engaged in interstate commerce. 29 USCA § 206. [Cases: Labor Relations 1268. C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 1141–1142.]
noncovered wages. Wages on which a person is not required to pay social-security taxes. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4374. C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 192, 194.]
real wages. Wages representing the true purchasing power of the dollar, derived by dividing a price index into money wages.
wage, vb.
1. To engage in (a war, etc.).
2. Archaic. To give security for (a performance, etc.). Cf. GAGE.
