wage
//weɪdʒ//
Noun
wageSingular
wagesPlural
1
A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to a manual or unskilled worker.
Factory workers receive their wages every Friday.
2
The result or consequence of an action or behavior, especially something negative.
The wages of sin is death.
Verb
wageInfinitive
wagePresent tense
wagedPast tense
wagedPast participle
wagingPresent participle
wagesThird-person singular
1
To carry on or conduct (a war, campaign, or other sustained effort).
The country waged war against its neighbor for three years.