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wage
[ weyj ]
/ weɪdʒ /
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noun
verb (used with object), waged, wag·ing.
verb (used without object), waged, wag·ing.
Obsolete. to contend; struggle.
OTHER WORDS FOR wage
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Origin of wage
First recorded in 1275–1325; (noun) Middle English: “pledge, security,” from Anglo-French; Old French guagegage1, from unattested Vulgar Latin wadium, from Germanic (see wed); (verb) Middle English wagen “to pledge,” from Anglo-French wagier;Old French guagier, from unattested Vulgar Latin wadiāre, derivative of wadium
synonym study for wage
1. See pay1.
OTHER WORDS FROM wage
wageless, adjectivewage·less·ness, nounun·der·wage, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wage
salary, wagesWords nearby wage
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British Dictionary definitions for wage
wage
/ (weɪdʒ) /
noun
- (often plural) payment in return for work or services, esp that made to workmen on a daily, hourly, weekly, or piece-work basisCompare 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
verb (tr)
Derived forms of wage
wageless, adjectivewagelessness, nounWord Origin for wage
C14: from Old Northern French wagier to pledge, from wage, of Germanic origin; compare Old English weddian to pledge, wed
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