One who owns or keeps a wharf for the purpose of receiving andshipping merchandise to or from it for hire.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING
Statistician credit with helping the economy of China to recover after WWII.
WACEEOUR
L. Fr. A vagabond, or vagrant. Britt. c. 29.
WADSET
In Scotch law. The old term for a mortgage. A right by which lands or other heritable subjects are impignorated by the proprietor to his creditor in security of his […]
WADSETTER
In Scotch law. A creditor to whom a wadset is made, corresponding to a mortgagee.
WAFTORS
Conductors of vessels at sea. Cowell.
WAGA
In old English law . A weigh; a measure of cheese, salt, wool, etc., containing two hundred and fifty-six pounds avoirdupois . Cowell; Spelman.
WAGE
In old English practice. To give security for the performance of a thing. Cowell.
WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS
Government measures to control wages to check cost push and wage push inflation .
WAGE AND TAX STATEMENT
Referred to as W2. Shows deductions and earnings.
WAGE COMPRESSION
Inequities in wages arising from new employees who want more money than current employees. See wage expansion .
WAGE CURVE
Graph comparing and illustrating unemployment rates with wage rates in the same area.
WAGE DETERMINATION
A US President’s government initiative that is part of the Integrated Acquisition Environment . It uses a single location to decide the wage for each federal position.
WAGE EXPANSION
Pay increases occurring when salaries rise to compensate for compression of wages when new employees wages are higher.
WAGE FREEZE
Government’s attempt to slow a push for wages by keeping wages stable with a law.
WAGE INDEXING
a cost of living increase available under social security .
WAGE PUSH INFLATION
Economics. Attributes a higher price to higher costs of labor that is handed on to the customers.
WAGE RATE
Pay rate based on units produced or time of working.
WAGER
A wager is a contract by which two or more parties agree that a certain sum of money or other thing shall be paid or delivered to one of them […]
WAGERING CONTRACT
term that applies to the agreement to a wager.
WAGES
The compensation agreed upon by a master to be paid to a servant, or any other person hired to do work or business for him. In maritime law . The […]
WAGES EXPENSE
Account used by the company to pay the employees wages.
WAGES PAYABLE
Account used by the company to record compensation for their employees before they are distributed.
WAGNER ACT
the name given to a National Labour Relations Act that gives workers to right to form unions and to collectively bargain with employers.
WAGON
A common vehicle for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise of all descriptions. The term does not include a hackney-coach. Quigley v. Gorham, 5 Cal. 418, 63 Am. Dec. […]