What does wage mean?
Definitions for wage
weɪdʒwage
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word wage.
Princeton's WordNet
wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salaryverb
something that remunerates
"wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
engage, wageverb
carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
"Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
Wiktionary
wagenoun
An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually expressed on an hourly basis.
wageverb
To wager, bet.
wageverb
To employ for wages; to hire.
wageverb
To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
to wage war
Etymology: from wage, a northern variant of gauge, gage, from *waddi, wadja (cognate with wedd), from wadjō, from wadh-. Akin to veþja "to pledge", wadi. More at wed.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wagenoun
the plural wages is now only used.
Etymology: wegen, or wagen, German; gages, Fr.
All friends shall taste
The wages of their virtue, and all foes
The cup of their deservings. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.The last petition is for my men; they are the poorest,
But poverty could never draw them from me;
That they may have their wages duly paid them,
And something over to remember me. William Shakespeare.By Tom Thumb, a fairy page;
He sent it, and doth him engage,
By promise of a mighty wage,
It secretly to carry. Michael Drayton, Nymphid.The thing itself is not only our duty, but our glory: and he who hath done this work, has, in the very work, partly received his wages. South.
To Wageverb
Etymology: The origination of this word, which is now only used in the phrase to wage war, is not easily discovered: waegen, in German, is to attempt any thing dangerous.
We must not think the Turk is so unskilful,
Neglecting an attempt of ease and gain,
To wake and wage a danger profitless. William Shakespeare.Return to her, and fifty men dismiss’d!
No; rather I abjure all roofs, and chuse
To wage against the enmity o’ th’ air,
To be a comrade with the wolf. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.Your reputation wages war with the enemies of your royal family, even within their trenches. Dryden.
He ponder’d, which of all his sons was fit
To reign, and wage immortal war with wit. Dryden.Thou must wage
Thy works for wealth, and life for gold engage. F. Queen.I seem’d his follower, not partner; and
He wag’d me with his countenance, as if
I had been mercenary. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.The officers of the admiralty having places of so good benefit, it is their parts, being well waged and rewarded, exactly to look into the sound building of ships. Walter Raleigh.
The king had erected his courts of ordinary resort, and was at the charge not only to wage justice and their ministers, but also to appoint the safe custody of records. Francis Bacon.
This great lord came not over with any great number of waged soldiers. John Davies, Ireland.
Webster Dictionary
Wageverb
to pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar
Wageverb
to expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard
Wageverb
to engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war
Wageverb
to adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out
Wageverb
to put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to
Wageverb
to give security for the performance of
Wageverb
to bind one's self; to engage
Wageverb
that which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage
Wageverb
that for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages
Etymology: [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge, promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge, gawadjn to pledge, akin to E. wed, G. wette a wager. See Wed, and cf. Gage.]
Wikidata
Wage
A wage is remuneration paid by an employer to an employee. It may be calculated as a fixed task based amount, or at an hourly rate, or based on an easily measured quantity of work done. It is contrasted with salaried work, which is based on a fixed time period.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wage
wāj, v.t. to pledge: to engage in as if by pledge: to carry on, esp. of war: to venture: (prov.) to hire for pay: (Shak.) to pay wages to: (Spens.) to let out for pay.—v.i. (Shak.) to be equal in value, to contend, battle (with).—n. a gage or stake: that for which one labours: wages.—ns. Wage′-earn′er, one receiving pay for work done; Wage′-fund, Wā′ges-fund theory, the theory that there is at any given time in a country a determinate amount of capital available for the payment of labour, therefore the average wage depends on the proportion of this fund to the number of persons who have to share in it; Wā′ger, that which is waged or pledged: something staked on the issue of anything: a bet: that on which bets are laid: (law) an offer to make oath.—v.t. to hazard on the issue of anything.—v.i. to lay a wager.—n. Wā′gerer.—n.pl. Wā′ges (used as sing.), wage: that which is paid for services.—n. Wage′-work, work done for wages.—Wager of battle, trial by combat, an ancient usage which permitted the accused and accuser, in defect of sufficient direct evidence, to challenge each other to mortal combat, for issue of the dispute.—Living wage (see Living). [O. Fr. wager (Fr. gager), to pledge.]
Editors Contribution
wage
A fair, just, moderate and specific hourly, daily, weekly or monthly amount of money an employer must pay to an employee for a form of employment agreed in the terms and agreement of an employment contract and the specific details of the employment legislation relating to this type of employment cocreated by a local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government or international unity government that is empowered to cocreate this type of legislation.
The wage that people are paid is an important factor in a society as people choose a fair and just wage to ensure a society where all their bills can be paid and the people can afford to live a moderate lifestyle.
Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WAGE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wage is ranked #56310 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Wage surname appeared 363 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wage.
86.2% or 313 total occurrences were White.
9% or 33 total occurrences were Asian.
1.9% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.3% or 5 total occurrences were Black.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wage' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3315
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wage' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2248
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wage' in Nouns Frequency: #689
Anagrams for wage »
wega
waeg
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wage in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of wage in a Sentence
We are of the thinking that the strong economic gains make a September hike a likely event, without an acceleration of wage growth, a fourth hike at the end of the year is a more difficult call and futures shows that hesitation, placing just 50 percent odds on that event.
These businesses have never done better, but they are refusing to pay a fair wage to the people who do the work, our wages just aren’t keeping up.
Truly weird Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky reminds me of a spoiled brat without a properly functioning brain. He was terrible at DEBATE! i've worked from a young age, my kids all work, and we're proud of them for working minimum wage jobs, delivering pizzas, working in a pizza place, working in a call center, all my boys work and they've worked and we're proud of them for working.
We have enormous problems facing this country, and I think we got more things to worry about than Bill Clinton's sexual life, maybe Donald Trump might want to focus attention on climate change. … Maybe Donald Trump should understand that we should raise the minimum wage. … Maybe he should focus on those things.
Continued gains in the labor market are driving increased demand for office space, over the last seven quarters, not only has the number of total jobs created per month gradually increased, but the number of higher-wage, office-using jobs has also increased.
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- loneAfrikaans
- راتب, أجر, الأجورArabic
- maaşAzerbaijani
- зарпла́та, зарабо́тная пла́таBelarusian
- запла́таBulgarian
- বেতনBengali
- paga, salari, retribució, estipendi, remuneració, honorari, souCatalan, Valencian
- mzdaCzech
- lønDanish
- Lohn, führen, ArbeitsentgeltGerman
- μεροκάματο, μισθόςGreek
- salario, sueldoSpanish
- palkEstonian
- کارمزد, مزد, دستمزدPersian
- liksa, palkka, ryhtyä, ansiotuloFinnish
- salaire, menerFrench
- cosnadh, tuarasdal, pàighScottish Gaelic
- משכורת, שכרHebrew
- तनख़्वाह, वेतन, मासिक वेतनHindi
- bérHungarian
- վաստակArmenian
- paga, salarioInterlingua
- gajiIndonesian
- laun, heyja, heyja stríðIcelandic
- salario, pagaItalian
- 給料, 賃金, 行う, サラリーJapanese
- ხელფასიGeorgian
- жалақы, айлық, еңбекақыKazakh
- ប្រាក់ឈ្នួល, ប្រាក់ខែKhmer
- 품삯, 봉급, 임금, 삯, 급료Korean
- muçe, meaş, destheq, mizKurdish
- эмгек акы, кызмат акыKyrgyz
- LounLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຄ່າຈ້າງ, ຄ່າແຮງງານLao
- užmokestis, algaLithuanian
- algaLatvian
- makaweMāori
- пла́таMacedonian
- цалин хөлсMongolian
- gajiMalay
- pagaMaltese
- လုပ်ခBurmese
- lønnNorwegian
- arbeidsloon, loon, salarisDutch
- płaca, pensjaPolish
- travar, remuneração, salário, conduzir, ordenadoPortuguese
- salariu, plată, leafăRomanian
- проводить, жа́лование, за́работная пла́та, вести, зарпла́таRussian
- plaća, плаћа, plata, платаSerbo-Croatian
- plat, mzdaSlovak
- plačaSlovene
- rrogëAlbanian
- lönSwedish
- mshaharaSwahili
- музди кор, маош, моҳонаTajik
- ค่าจ้างThai
- aýlyk, iş hakyTurkmen
- yevmiye, ücret, maaş, gündelikTurkish
- заробі́тна пла́та, зарпла́таUkrainian
- ويتن, اجرتUrdu
- maosh, moyanaUzbek
- 工資Chinese
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