wage

Meanings

• noun

  The payment made to an employee for their work.

  - "He earns a good wage working at the factory."
  - "The minimum wage is set by the government."

• verb

  To pay someone for their work or services.

  - "The company wages its employees monthly."
  - "He was waged for his services as a consultant."

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Pronunciation

1. /weɪd͡ʒ/
   
   
   
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2. /weɪd͡ʒ/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

earnings , pay , salary

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with wage
vex , mex , hex , perplex , complex , flex

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Homophones

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1. Wage (English) : Payment for work
   

2. Wage (Old English) : To go, travel
   

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Variants

List of all variants of wage that leads to same result
wage , wageless , wages , waged , waging , wage earner , wage earners , wage scale , wage scales , wage slave , wage slaves , living wage , living wages , minimum wage , minimum wages , fair wage , fair wages , honest wage , debt slaveries , debt slavery , sex slaveries , sex slavery , slaveries , slavery , wage slaveries , wage slavery

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Forms

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wages, waged, waging, wages paid

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English 'wegan' meaning 'to go, travel' and later came to mean 'to serve, work' and 'payment for work'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'wage slave' refers to an employee who is paid a wage and feels they are not in control of their work or life.

2. In the Middle Ages, wage labor was a relatively new concept, and most people worked the land as serfs or peasants.

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Related Concepts

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1. Salary: A regular payment made to an employee, often based on a fixed amount per hour, week, or year.

2. Minimum wage: The lowest hourly wage that an employer can legally pay an employee.

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Culture

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Wage has been a significant topic in literature and art, often symbolizing the struggle for survival and social inequality. In music, wage has been used as a metaphor for the cost of living and the desire for financial stability.

How to Memorize "wage"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a pile of coins representing the wage earned by an employee.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'wage' with the idea of payment for work.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Work Pays' to remember that wage is payment for work.

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