wage
IPA: wˈeɪdʒ
noun
- (often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To wager, bet.
- (transitive, obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
- (transitive, obsolete) To employ for wages; to hire.
- (transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
- (transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
- (obsolete, law, UK) To give security for the performance of
Examples of "wage" in Sentences
- The man's wage is measly.
- The company paid the wages in 1994.
- The note is about the minimum wage.
- The low wage is the cause of the poverty.
- Difficulties arose in the payment of wages.
- The benefits of speed outweigh the cost in higher wages.
- An example of disequilibrium is the case of the minimum wage.
- The advantage to the employer is low cost of paying wages and efficiency.
- Wages is the cost of the daily maintenance and refreshment of the laborer.
- Another method is to adjust for local costs of wages to lawyers and paralegals.