wage

  • 21wage — ► NOUN (also wages) 1) a fixed regular payment for work, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis. 2) the result or effect of doing something wrong or unwise: the wages of sin. ► VERB ▪ carry on (a war or campaign). DERIVATIVES waged adjective …

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  • 22Wage — For other uses, see WAGE (disambiguation). A wage is a compensation, usually financial, received by workers in exchange for their labor. Compensation in terms of wages is given to workers and compensation in terms of salary is given to employees …

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  • 23Wage — Von den Präzisionswagen dienen diejenigen erster Klasse fast nur zur Vergleichung von Gewichtsstücken höchster Präzision. 1. Präzisionswage von Rueprecht. Sie besitzen als charakteristisches Merkmal Mechanismen zur Vertauschung der Gewichte und… …

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  • 24wage — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (also wages) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ competitive (esp. AmE), decent, fair, good, high ▪ inadequate, low, meagre/meager (esp …

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  • 25wage — wage1 W3 [weıdʒ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old North French; Origin: guarantee, wage ] 1.) [singular] also wages [plural] money you earn that is paid according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that you work →↑salary ▪ He earns a good wage …

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  • 26Wage — 1. Die Wage hält Gericht, ob ist das rechte Gewicht. Lat.: Litem de statera dissoluit lingua staterae. (Reuterdahl, 497.) 2. Die Wage weiss zwischen Blei und Gold keinen Unterschied. – Chaos, 1057; Winckler, XI, 57. 3. Die Wage zeigt, ob schwer,… …

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  • 27wage — I n. 1) to draw, earn a wage 2) to pay a wage 3) to freeze wages 4) a decent, living; minimum; subsistence wage (to pay workers a decent wage) 5) an annual, yearly; daily; hourly; monthly; weekly wage II v. (D; tr.) to wage against (to wage a… …

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  • 28wage — I UK [weɪdʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms wage : singular wage plural wages *** wage or wages a) an amount of money that you earn for working, usually according to how many hours or days you work each week or month daily/hourly/weekly wage… …

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  • 29wage — 1 noun 1 (singular) also wages (plural) money you earn that is paid according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that you work: The job s not very exciting, but he earns a good wage. | wage increase also wage rise BrE: The wage increases will …

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  • 30WAGE (AM) — Infobox Radio station name = WAGE city = Leesburg, Virginia area = Leesburg, Virginia Loudoun County, Virginia branding = AM 1200 WAGE slogan = Loudoun County s Sound Choice airdate = 1958 frequency = 1200 kHz format = News/Talk/Sports power =… …

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