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• wage — I UK [weɪdʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms wage : singular wage plural wages *** wage or wages a) an amount of money that you earn for working, usually according to how many hours or days you work each week or month daily/hourly/weekly wage… …   English dictionary

• wage — [weɪdʒ] noun [countable] also wages HUMAN RESOURCES money that someone earns according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that they work, especially money that is paid each week: • The average hourly wage in the industry is $8. • Workers were …   Financial and business terms

• Wage — Wage, n. [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See {Wage}, v. t. ] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. [Obs.] That warlike wage. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. That for which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wage — wage, wages Wages is normally used in the plural (Their wages are still too low); an older singular construction survives only in the biblical line For the wages of sinne is death (Romans 6:23). But wage is also used (What sort of wage are you… …   Modern English usage

• wage differential — noun The difference in the wages paid to different classes of workers (eg skilled and unskilled) in an industry, or to workers doing similar jobs in different industries or areas • • • Main Entry: ↑wage * * * wage differential UK US noun… …   Useful english dictionary

• wage — [wāj] vt. waged, waging [ME wagen < NormFr wagier (OFr gagier) < wage (OFr gage), a stake, pledge < Frank * wadi, akin to Goth wadi, a pledge: for IE base see WED] 1. to engage in or carry on (a war, struggle, campaign, etc.) 2. [Dial.,… …   English World dictionary

• wage curve — UK US noun [countable] [singular wage curve plural wage curves] business a line on a graph that shows the relationship between the average pay for workers in a region or industry and the rate of unemployment in that region or i …   Useful english dictionary

• wage-packet — UK US noun [countable] [singular wage packet plural wage packets] british a pay packet Thesaurus: wages and salariessynonym extra payments and benefits in addition to wages …   Useful english dictionary

• wage-and-hour laws — UK US noun [plural] LAW, WORKPLACE ► in the US, the laws that deal with working conditions, hours, etc.: »The firm violated the state s wage and hour laws when it failed to provide breaks for its workers …   Financial and business terms

• wage — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, pledge, recompense, from Anglo French wage, gage, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wetti pledge more at wed Date: 14th century 1. a. a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Wage (2), die — 2. Die Wage, plur. die n, ein altes Wort, in welchem der Begriff der Bewegung der herrschende ist, der doch sehr frühe auf besondere Arten und Fälle eingeschränket worden. Es bedeutet, 1. * im weitesten Verstande, Bewegung überhaupt, eine längst… …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart