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wage
[ weyj ]
noun
- Often wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Usually wages. Economics. the share of the products of industry received by labor for its work (as distinct from the share going to capital).
- Usually wages. (used with a singular or plural verb) recompense or return:
The wages of sin is death.
- Obsolete. a pledge or security.
verb (used with object)
- to carry on (a battle, war, conflict, argument, etc.):
to wage war against a nation.
Synonyms: ,
- Chiefly British Dialect. to hire.
- Obsolete.
- to stake or wager.
- to pledge.
verb (used without object)
- Obsolete. to contend; struggle.
wage
/ ɱɪ /
noun
- often plural payment in return for work or services, esp that made to workmen on a daily, hourly, weekly, or piece-work basis Compare salary
- ( as modifier )
wage freeze
- plural economics the portion of the national income accruing to labour as earned income, as contrasted with the unearned income accruing to capital in the form of rent, interest, and dividends
- often plural recompense, return, or yield
- an obsolete word for pledge
Derived Forms
- ˈɲԱ, noun
- ˈɲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɲl adjective
- ɲl·ness noun
- ܲd·ɲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wage1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wage1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Trump has delivered a dramatic fall in the number of migrants crossing illegally into the US, but the economy is a potential political vulnerability as he wages a global trade war.
Preliminary results suggest the UNC, which campaigned on a promise to raise wages and create employment, managed to win a number of parliamentary seats previously held by the PNM.
It was also just one of many ongoing court battles in a much larger legal war being waged against the Trump administration by California and its allies.
These artists want to own their work, be paid a living wage, have access to decent healthcare and express their views with impunity, as is their right.
The country’s lower wages would give the factory a discount on skilled labor, as well as faster transportation times and a lower tariff rate for exports to the U.S.
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