wage

CEFRB1

/weɪd͡ʒ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Money paid to a worker for time or work.

  2. 02

    verb

    To begin and continue a fight, campaign, or war.

Examples

  • The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.

  • The union was modest in its wage demands.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.

  2. To wager, bet.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.

  • I fear the power of Percy is too weak / To wage an instant trial with the King.

  • My life I never held but as a pawn / To wage against thine enemies

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English wage, from Anglo-Norman wage, from Old Northern French wage, a northern variant of Old French gauge, guage (whence modern French gage), Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin to Old Norse veðja (“to pledge”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi), Dutch wedde. Compare also the doublet gage. More at wed.