noun
Dated term for payment for work or services, similar to 賃金 or 工賃. Now mostly replaced by 工賃 or 賃金 in modern usage.
昔の帳簿には工銭として記録されている。
In old account books, it is recorded as a labor charge.
この工銭では生活が苦しいと職人たちは訴
The craftsmen complained that they couldn't make a living on these wages.