What does the word wages mean in the Paragraph 3?

expenses

taxes

earned money

cost of living

earned money

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The correct answer is earned money.

Explanation:

Although I did not find the paragraph you are referring to online, the word wage refers to the money earned by a worker.

The origin of this word is germanic and is related to the words gage and wed.

This word implies the payment of a certain amount of money in regular periods of time, that is, a synonym of salary.

Given this information we can say that the correct answer is earned money.