wages

Meanings

• noun

  Payment made to an employee for work done.

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

• verb

  The act of paying someone for work done.

  - "The company wages its employees every month."
  - "He was waged for his services."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈweɪd͡ʒɪz/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2100874"

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Synonyms

earnings , pay , salary

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with wages
vexes , lexes , flexes , perplexes

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Variants

List of all variants of wages that leads to same result
wage , wageless , wages , waged , waging , nominal wages , starvation wages , living wage , living wages , minimum wage , minimum wages , sub-minimum , subminimum , subminimum wages , fair wage , fair wages

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Etymology

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Old English wegan, from wegan 'to go, move,' from wegan 'way' + geogan 'to lead, drive.'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'wages' comes from the Old English word 'wegan,' meaning 'to go,' as wages were traditionally paid on a weekly basis.

2. In ancient Rome, soldiers were often paid in salt, which was called 'salarium,' from which we get the word 'salary.'

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Related Concepts

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1. salary: A regular payment made by an employer to an employee, usually on a monthly basis.

2. wage labor: A labor system in which workers are paid wages for their work.

3. minimum wage: The lowest hourly wage that an employer can legally pay an employee.

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Culture

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Wages have been a significant topic in literature, particularly in works dealing with labor and social issues. For example, in Charles Dickens' 'Hard Times,' the character Thomas Gradgrind famously argues that 'Nobody's little boy or little girl was ever born in this world, but every one of them is born to be making money for somebody. He that can make five shillings a week can make ten; he that can make ten can make twenty, and he that can make twenty can make fifty.', highlighting the importance of wages in the industrial age.

How to Memorize "wages"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a paycheck being handed to an employee as wages.

2. associate
   

   - Associate wages with the idea of payment for work.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Work Pays' to remember that wages are payments for work.

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