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wage bill

wage bill noun: the total amount of money spent by an organization on wages.

Noun

wage bill (plural wage bills)

  1. The total amount of money spent by an organization on wages.
    • Only 2 per cent of the total wage bill accounted for Rs. 500 per person and above per month.1978, Fredoon P. Antia, Role of Road Transport in India's Economy
    • 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.2018, Izabela Karpowicz, Mauricio Soto, Rightsizing Brazil’s Public-Sector Wage Bill, page 8

Examples of wage bill in a sentence

  • 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.2019, Kamil Dybczak, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano, Fiscal Implications of Government Wage Bill Spending, page 6:
  • 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 record2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian:

Forms of wage bill

pluralwage bills

Questions about wage bill

What does wage bill mean?
Wage bill means the total amount of money spent by an organization on wages.
How do you use wage bill in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is wage bill?
Wage bill is a noun.
What is the plural of wage bill?
The plural of wage bill is wage bills.

Words near wage bill in the dictionary

  1. Wagaun
  2. Wagaung
  3. Wagaya
  4. Wagdi
  5. wage
  6. wage bill
  7. wage bills
  8. wage credit
  9. wage credits
  10. wage drift
  11. wage earner

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