wage

  • 41wage — [[t]weɪdʒ[/t]] n. v. waged, wag•ing 1) bus Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services Compare living wage,minimum wage 2) wages, recompense or return: The wages of sin is death[/ex] 3) Obs. a pledge or security 4) to carry… …

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  • 42wage — /weɪdʒ / (say wayj) noun 1. (often plural) that which is paid for work or services, as by the day or week; hire; pay. 2. (plural) Economics the share of the products of industry received by labour for its work, as distinct from the share going to …

  • 43wage — /weɪdʒ/ noun the money paid to an employee in return for work done, especially when it is paid weekly and in cash ● She is earning a good wage or good wages for a young person. (NOTE: The plural wages is more usual when referring to the money… …

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  • 44wage — wages, salary, stipend, fee, pay, hire, emolument can all mean the price paid a person for his labor or services. Wage or Wages applies chiefly to an amount paid on a daily, hourly, or piecework basis and typically at weekly intervals for labor,… …

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  • 45wage — 1. noun /weɪʤ/ an amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of , usually expressed on an hourly basis. See Also: earnings, pay, salary, wages 2. verb /weɪʤ/ To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest) …

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  • 46wage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wager; conduct, make, carry on, engage in, undertake. See warfare, undertaking, chance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wages, pay, stipend, fee, salary, earnings, payment, emolument; see also pay 2 . Syn …

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  • 47wage — [[t]we͟ɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦♦ wages, waging, waged 1) N COUNT Someone s wages are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do. His wages have gone up... This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line …

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  • 48wage — 1. noun 1) (usu. wages) the farm workers wages a fair wage Syn: pay, payment, remuneration, salary, stipend, fee, honorarium; income, revenue; profit, gain, reward; …

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  • 49wage —   Uku. See wage war.     Wages of sin (Roma 6:23), a uku no ka hewa …

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  • 50Wage slavery — is a term first coined by the Lowell Mill Girls in 1836, [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=YXT kSv1btIC pg=PA87 lpg=PA87 dq=lowell+%22wage+slavery%22 source=web ots=WsT3bkI 0G sig=w7N0JGBskFiUHReS 00amVMNaPY hl=en Artisans Into Workers: Labor… …

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