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- Dictionarywage/wāj/
noun
- 1. a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to a manual or unskilled worker: "we were struggling to get better wages" Similar
verb
- 1. carry on (a war or campaign): "it is necessary to destroy their capacity to wage war"
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The meaning of WAGE is a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis —often used in plural. How to use wage in a sentence.
a particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength, rather than a job needing a college education: a very low /high wage. an hourly / daily / weekly / annual wage. He gets/ earns /is paid a good wage, because he works for a fair employer.
Wage definition: money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week.. See examples of WAGE used in a sentence.
Definitions of wage. noun. something that remunerates. synonyms: earnings, pay, remuneration, salary. see more. verb. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) “Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe” synonyms: engage. see more. Pronunciation. US. /weɪdʒ/ UK. /weɪdʒ/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Wage."
n. 1. A regular payment, usually on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially for manual or unskilled work. 2. wages The price of labor in an economy. 3. often wages(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A fitting return; a recompense: the wages of sin. tr.v. waged, wag·ing, wag·es.
a regular amount of money that you earn, usually every week or every month, for work or services. wage/wages of something wages of £300 a week. a weekly wage of £300. an hourly/a daily/a monthly wage. Workers in these stores earn a good wage. We all hope we can find a job that pays a decent wage. Wages were paid on Fridays.
the amount of money a person regularly receives for their job: weekly wages. the minimum wage. Fewer examples. The union has also asked for wage parity with similar public-sector workers. How much is the minimum wage? Prices have been rising very fast and wages haven't kept up. My wages combined with your savings should just pay for it.
wage/wages (somewhat formal) money that a person receives for doing their job, usually calculated by the hour or by dividing an annual salary into a semi-monthly or monthly figure: By law, the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
Someone's wages are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do. His wages have gone up. This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.
: an amount of money that a worker is paid based on the number of hours, days, etc., that are worked. a wage of $14 an hour = an hourly wage of $14. Both of them make decent wages. The table and chairs cost two weeks' wages. [+] more examples. — compare salary; see also living wage, minimum wage, starvation wages. 2 wage / ˈ weɪʤ/ verb.
