Wages
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A compensation given to a hired person for his or her services. Agreed compensation for services by workmen, clerks or servants — those who have served an employer in a subordinate or menial capacity and who are supposed to be dependent upon their earnings to pay for their present support, whether they are to be paid by the hour, the day, the week, the month, the job, -or the piece.
In re Gurewitz, 121 Fed. 9S2, 58 C. G. A. 320.
Commissions paid to a travelling salesman for his services are wages within the meaning of the bankruptcy act; In re Dexter, 158 Fed. 788, 89 C. C. A. 2S5. See Master and Servant; Seamen; Store Orders; Wage-Earner; Assignment.