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wage

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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)

waged, waging.

to carry on (a battle, war, conflict, argument, etc.):
to wage war against a nation.
Synonyms: ,
Chiefly British Dialect. to hire.
Obsolete.
1. to stake or wager.
2. to pledge.

verb (used without object)

waged, waging.

Obsolete. to contend; struggle.

wage

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noun

1. 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
2. ( 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

verb

to engage in
obsolete.
to pledge or wager
archaic.
another word for hire hire

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Derived Forms

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

�ɲ��l�� adjective
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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of wage¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; (noun) Middle English: “pledge, security,” from Anglo-French; Old French guage gage ¹, from unattested Vulgar Latin wadium, from Germanic ( wed ); (verb) Middle English wagen “to pledge,” from Anglo-French wagier; Old French guagier, from unattested Vulgar Latin �ɲ��徱��, derivative of wadium

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of wage¹

C14: from Old Northern French wagier to pledge, from wage, of Germanic origin; compare Old English weddian to pledge, wed

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See pay ¹.

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"It's great that they've increased the minimum wage because people should be paid more, and food costs more," said Mr Kelly.

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And if you think of many of the battles being waged today — whether it's immigrant rights or Black rights or voter suppression — you could invoke quintessential American values for change.

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The 43-year-old says that even things like ketchup have doubled in price in the last few years, while wages are stagnating.

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Witnesses at his trial testified he waged a campaign of terror, hunting rivals and sometimes killing indiscriminately.

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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.

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