OXFORD DICTIONARY
wage, n. & v.
--n.
1 (in sing. or pl.) a fixed regular payment, usu. daily or weekly, made by an employer to an employee, esp. to a manual or unskilled worker (cf. SALARY).
2 (in sing. or pl.) requital (the wages of sin is death).
3 (in pl.) Econ. the part of total production that rewards labour rather than remunerating capital.
--v.tr. carry on (a war, conflict, or contest).
living wage a wage that affords the means of normal subsistence. wage-claim = pay-claim (see PAY(1)). wage-earner a person who works for wages. wages council a board of workers' and employers' representatives determining wages where there is no collective bargaining. wage slave a person dependent on income from labour in conditions like slavery.
ME f. AF & ONF wage, OF g(u)age, f. Gmc, rel. to GAGE(1), WED
THESAURUS
wage
base pay, carry on, compensation, conduct, dismissal
wage, do, earnings, employ, engage in, escalator clause, escalator plan, exercise, financial remuneration, follow, go in for, gross income, guaranteed annual
wage, hire, income, living
wage, minimum
wage, net income, pay, pay and allowances, payment, payroll, portal-to-portal pay, practice, prosecute, purchasing power, pursue, real wages, remuneration, salary, severance pay, sliding scale, specialize in, tackle, take on, take to, take up, take-home, take-home pay, taxable income, total compensation, undertake, use,
wage control,
wage freeze,
wage reduction,
wage rollback,
wage scale, wages, wages after deductions, wages after taxes, work at