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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 yvlogs From
- ɲl adjective
- ɲl·ness noun
- ܲd·ɲ noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of wage1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of wage1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Witnesses at his trial testified he waged a campaign of terror, hunting rivals and sometimes killing indiscriminately.
The PM pointed to increases in the minimum wage, falling NHS waiting lists and cuts to fuel duty as examples of the difference the government was making.
The absence of pay stubs “raises questions about whether 1Fifty1 deducts employment taxes from its employees’ wages, as is required by federal and state law,” the complaint said.
The earnings test includes wages and self-employment income, but doesn’t include withdrawals from retirement accounts.
In 2023, the United Auto Workers new rolling strike strategy against the Big 3 auto companies produced substantial wage and benefit increases.
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