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Master and servant

from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, and this is an entire hiring for a year; and, unless otherwise stipulated, no wages are payable until the end of the year. Consult Burn's Justice, tit. 'Servants.' 2nd Servants in particular trades.

index

or indicator (as of inflation or economic performance) see also consumer price index vt : to link (as wages, rates, or investments) to an index [under the contract wages were ed to inflation]

Vadium

[fr. vas, vadis, Lat.], a pledge or security, Civ. Law. 1. Security by a pledge of property 2. Wage; salary, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1547.

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temporary partial disability (tpd)

employee will recover fully enough in the future that they will be able to resume employment without a wage loss.

Vadiare duellum

Vadiare duellum (to wage combat), where two contending parties, on a challenge, give and take a pledge of fighting.

AMW

AMW average monthly wage

assignment

benefit of creditors of all of a debtor's property to be distributed fairly to the creditors compare preference wage assignment : an assignment by an employee by which an amount of his or her wages are transferred

fair

self-interest, deception, injustice, or favoritism [a and impartial tribunal] 2 : reasonable as a basis for exchange [a wage] [a valuation] 3 : consistent with merit or importance [ and just compensation for the injuries] 4 :

fair labor standards act

fair labor standards act A federal act that set a minimum standard wage and a maximum work week of 40 hours in industries engaged in interstate commerce. This Act also regulates

fringe benefit

or health insurance) granted by an employer that has a monetary value but that does not affect basic wage rates

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