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wageMain Entry: 1wage Pronunciation: \ˈwāj\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, pledge, recompense, from Anglo-French wage, gage, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wetti pledge — more at wed Date: 14th century 1 a : 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 b plural : the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production — wage·less \ˈwāj-ləs\ adjective
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