Wages (Noun)
Meaning
A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The wages of their hard work and dedication was a promotion to a higher position.
- The company's reckless disregard for the environment would ultimately prove to be its downfall, the wages of its own destructive policies.
- In the end, the corrupt politician's downfall was the wages of his own greed and corruption.
- The wages of a life of kindness and generosity was a community that rallied around her in her time of need.
- The ancient proverb warned that the wages of pride is a fall, and the once-mighty empire was no exception.