firstwage

noun
UK /ˈfɜːst weɪdʒ/
US /ˈfɝːst weɪdʒ/

The first money you get for doing a job.

She bought her mom a gift with her firstwage.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The very first payment a worker receives from an employer.

His firstwage was small but exciting.

3. The first money earned from a new business or project.

The lemonade stand's firstwage went into a piggy bank.

4. A person's earliest income from any kind of work.

Her firstwage came from walking dogs.