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US
/ˈweɪdʒ/
]
[ UK /wˈeɪdʒ/ ]
[ UK /wˈeɪdʒ/ ]
NOUN
-
something that remunerates
they saved a quarter of all their earnings
he wasted his pay on drink
wages were paid by check
VERB
-
carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe
How To Use wage In A Sentence
- Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
- Golfers had wagered a good deal of money on Nick Faldo winning the championship.
- I stuck some in once when we were a bit short and the old bat threatened to stop it out of my wages.
- Stink gases in sewage farm of oil refinery pollute environment and influence scent of people. Adsorbents can be used to deodorize the stink gases.
- Employers and business groups contend that a higher minimum wage would saddle them with higher labor costs.
- They will block further tax cuts, except modest breaks for small businesses to ease the burden of a minimum wage increase.
- Having obtained the metacentric height, reference to a diagram will at once show the whole range of stability; and this being ascertained at each loading, the stowage of the cargo can be so adjusted as to avoid excessive stiffness in the one hand and dangerous tenderness on the other. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
- WORKERS will be given the power to block excessive wage rises for their bosses under plans to be unveiled this week. The Sun
- But it's worth remembering that, barely a century ago, the great male fear was not of alpha females with intimidatingly large salaries but their polar opposite: women were seen, rather like immigrant labour now, as dangerously liable to undercut men's wages by doing the same work for less. Young women are now earning more than men – that's not sexist, just fair | Gaby Hinsliff
- The real wage is measured along the vertical axis and labour services are measured along the horizontal axis.