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Wage

/weɪd͡ʒ/

Wage is a noun with 1 sense listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. (often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
    “Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.”

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Synonyms earnings pay salary

Origin

From Middle English wagen.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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