He spends his wages at weekends on drinking and having a good time.
The new workers, spending their wages, would stimulate demand for and production of consumer goods.
They'd originally slipped out of the ship to spend their wages.
I even went with him to the Black Bull that night, determined to spend my weekly wages on whatever he wanted.
"If capitalists choose to spend their workers' wages on things which are nothing, we will be considerate."
The alternative, creating the jobs here, helps the immigrants, who spend their wages and pay taxes.
He paid his workers in his own private coinage, so that they could not easily spend their wages outside the town.
Labor cannot consume any of it, for labor has already spent all its wages.
If I'm going to start a workshop for girls, they've got to have something to spend their wages on.
Another argument raised by union supporters is that unionized workers will spend their higher wages, driving economic growth and creating new jobs.