wage bill
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The total amount of money spent by an organization on wages.
Example Sentences
- "Only 2 per cent of the total wage bill accounted for Rs. 500 per person and above per month."
- "Higher preference towards spending on public education, health and security generally results in a larger number of teachers, police, and health professionals and thus a more elevated wage bill."
- "Finally, Cahuc and Carcillo (2012), using a sample of OECD countries, find a strong positive correlation between the wage bill and fiscal deficits, which is more frequent during booms."
- "Under the Sheikh, City have spent £1.7bn on signings and their most recent accounts showed a player wage bill of £351m – a Premier League record"