wage

//weɪdʒ//
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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.

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