- Wages officer - One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites;
specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an
employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep
account of the same.
- Something gained from a place or employment over and
above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered;
especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service. - Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased
with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.