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Definition of wage
1a : a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis —often used in pluralb wages plural : the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production
2 : recompense, reward —usually used in pl. but singular or plural in construction the wages of sin is death — Romans 6:23 (Revised Standard Version)
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Examples of wage in a Sentence
Both of them make decent wages.
The table and chairs cost two weeks' wages.
The company offers competitive wages and good benefits.
The company gave workers a four percent wage increase this year.
Recent Examples of wage from the Web
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There are other explanations for stagnant wages besides technology.
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For example, a recent study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research concluded that because the gender wage gap is closing at such a slow rate, black women won't see equal pay for 108 years – and the number is even higher for Latinx women.
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The warnings include a caution from Rep. Kevin Brady, the Texas Republican who chairs the House committee that oversees trade policy, who joined critics in saying the moves could raise domestic prices for steel and undercut jobs and wages.
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Britain’s Conservative Party mimicked its Labor rival by arguing for more transparency on executive pay and a higher minimum wage.
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With roots in the transatlantic slave trade, Mammies were Black women who were domestic caregivers, mostly charged with taking care of the children of slave owners and, once slavery was abolished, white families who hired them for low wages.
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From 2010 to 2015, worker productivity shot up 10 percent, average annual wages increased 9 percent and the overall standard of living rose 13 percent in the region.
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The job comes with a living wage, free child care, free health care — even a free lunch.
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Both wage a tug-of-war for the attention and legal services of the most famed fictitious Windy City lawyer of all-time, Billy Flynn, played by Guy Lockard.
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Origin and Etymology of wage
Middle English, pledge, recompense, from Anglo-French wage, gage, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wetti pledge — more at wed
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Definition of wage
waged
;waging
transitive verb
: to engage in or carry on wage war wage a campaign
intransitive verb
: to be in process of occurring the riot waged for several hours — Amer. Guide Series: Md.
Examples of wage in a Sentence
They waged a guerrilla war against the government.
Local activists are waging a campaign to end homelessness in the region.
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In the second, after touching on more sophisticated topics of belief, the imam went into the obligation to wage violent jihad.
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Origin and Etymology of wage
Middle English, to offer surety, put up as a stake, hire, from Anglo-French *wager, gager, from wage
WAGE Defined for English Language Learners
wage
playDefinition of wage for English Language Learners
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: an amount of money that a worker is paid based on the number of hours, days, etc., that are worked
wage
Definition of wage for English Language Learners
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: to start and continue (a war, battle, etc.) in order to get or achieve something
WAGE Defined for Kids
Definition of wage for Students
: payment for work done especially when figured by the hour or day
Definition of wage for Students
waged
;waging
: to engage in : carry on The new police chief vowed to wage a fight against crime.
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Legal Definition of wage
1 : a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to a contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis —often used in plural
2 pl : the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production
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