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- [weyj]
- /weɪdʒ/
- /weɪdʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [weyj]
- /weɪdʒ/
Definitions of wage word
- noun wage Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage. 1
- noun wage Usually, wages. Economics. the share of the products of industry received by labor for its work (as distinct from the share going to capital). 1
- noun wage Usually, wages. (used with a singular or plural verb) recompense or return: The wages of sin is death. 1
- noun wage Obsolete. a pledge or security. 1
- verb with object wage to carry on (a battle, war, conflict, argument, etc.): to wage war against a nation. 1
- verb with object wage Chiefly British Dialect. to hire. 1
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Origin of wage
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; (noun) Middle English: pledge, security < Anglo-French; Old French guage gage1 < Vulgar Latin *wadium < Germanic (see wed); (v.) Middle English wagen to pledge < Anglo-French wagier; Old French guagier < Vulgar Latin *wadiāre, derivative of *wadium
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Parts of speech for Wage
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wage popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wage usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wage
verb wage
- carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- conduct — When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
- pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
- fight — a battle or combat.
- instigate — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
noun wage
- salary — a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
- earnings — money earned; wages; profits.
- income — the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
Antonyms for wage
verb wage
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
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