Wages to be about right, if you please (4)
I believe the answer is:
pray
'if you please' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'wages to be about right' is the wordplay.
'wages' becomes 'pay' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to be about' indicates putting letters inside.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'pay' going around 'r' is 'PRAY'.
(Other definitions for pray that I've seen before include "Earnestly ask (God?)" , "Beg" , "Address a deity" , "Beseech" , "Supplicate, petition" .)