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wage

/weɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb1 syllable

Wage means: something that remunerates.

Synonyms for wage5

noun, as in something that remunerates

pay, earnings, remuneration, salary

verb, as in carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

engage

What does wage mean?2

noun

1

something that remunerates“wages were paid by cash”

verb

1

carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)“Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with wage?12

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Wage in a sentence

  • The union was modest in its wage demands.CM
  • The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.unknown
  • The management said that a wage increase was out of the question.CK
  • The miners went on strike for a wage increase.CM
  • The minimum wage has hardly budged as of late.unknown
  • We must presuppose that the wage paid is economically just.illiterate
  • His extravagance is out of proportion to his wage.unknown
  • The union bosses are fighting the freeze on wage hikes.CM

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Forms of wage

as a noun

plural
wages

as a verb

past tense
waged
present participle
waging
third-person singular
wages
past participle
waged