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wage

noun

ˈwāj

as in salary

often wages plural the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services the wage you earn is more than enough to support us comfortably

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Recent Examples of wage On numerous occasions, Union Pacific had brought in Chinese workers after white workers went on strike for better wages, leading the white miners to view their Chinese counterparts as low-wage scabs. —

Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024 The Associated Press reports that the strike, a 24-hour labor action at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, has been initiated by service workers employed by ABM and Prospect Airport Service in pursuit of better wages and working conditions. —

Melvin Backman, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024 The wages are designed to ensure that the hiring of foreign guest workers doesn’t adversely affect the working conditions of U.S. workers. —

Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 Higher wage bills The government also announced that the national living wage would increase by 6.7% from April 2025 to £12.21 per hour. —

Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wage