wage

[ weyj ]

/ weɪdʒ /

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.

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, wag·ing.

to carry on (a battle, war, conflict, argument, etc.): to wage war against a nation.

Chiefly British Dialect. to hire.

Obsolete.

to stake or wager.
to pledge.

verb (used without object), waged, wag·ing.

Obsolete. to contend; struggle.

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Words nearby wage

waft, waftage, wafter, wafture, wag, wage, wage determination, wage differential, wage earner, wage incentive, wage scale

Origin of wage

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

SYNONYMS FOR wage

1 earnings, emolument, compensation, remuneration. See pay¹.

5 undertake, prosecute.

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OTHER WORDS FROM wage

wage·less, adjectivewage·less·ness, nounun·der·wage, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wage

salary wages

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Example sentences from the Web for waged

For three decades, ‘Puck’ waged war on all things holy—politicians, social mores, and the news.
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Indeed, the Emiratis waged a secret bombing campaign in Libya, flying out of air bases in Egypt.
Obama’s Arab Backers May Draw the U.S. Deep Into the Mideast Quagmire|Jamie Dettmer|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Israelis have also waged a psy-war on Hamas, albeit more informal and spontaneous.
Israel, Hamas, WhatsApp and Hacked Phones in the Gaza Psy-War|Itay Hod|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In late 2008 and 2009, Israel waged a three-week invasion of Gaza, in which 13 Israelis and more than 1,400 Gazans died.
Israel Needs Better War Technology|Lloyd Green|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On the street is, in fact, is where Linton waged his most public act of war on Uber.
Inside Uber’s Political War Machine|Olivia Nuzzi|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But I am sure that this campaign will be waged upon a plan altogether above personal consideration.
Speeches of Benjamin Harrison|Benjamin Harrison
A successful campaign had been waged against a mountain people.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
Wars more or less fierce were waged before nations were civilized.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume III|John Lord
He waged war against the Gandhari of the hills for three years, and was slain in battle by their rajah.
Indian Myth and Legend|Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Arjun swept like sweeping whirlwind, all resistless in his force, Sought no foe and waged no combat, held his ever onward course!
Maha-bharata|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for waged

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)

to engage in

obsolete to pledge or wager

archaic another word for hire (def. 1), hire (def. 2)

Derived forms of wage

wageless, adjectivewagelessness, noun

Word 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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wage

noun

verb (used with object), waged, wag·ing.

verb (used without object), waged, wag·ing.

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