wage in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
wage in Kashmiri कॉशुर
wage in Telugu తెలుగు
wage in Urdu اُردُو
wage in English
- wage⇄expr. wages,
a. an amount paid for work.
Ex. His wages are $100 a week. Thus we have private individuals whose wages are equal to the wages of seven or eight thousand other individuals (Thomas Carlyle).
b. (Figurative.) something give - wage⇄noun 1a. an amount paid for work.
Ex. to get a day's wage for a day's work (W. G. Clark).
(SYN) salary, pay, remuneration, stipend, compensation.
b. (Figurative.) something given in return; recompense; reward.
Ex. The gods give - wage⇄v.i. (Obsolete.) to struggle; fight.
- wage⇄v.t. 1. to carry on.
Ex. Doctors wage war against disease.
(SYN) prosecute.
2. (British Dialect.) to hire.
3. (Obsolete.) to pledge; gage; bet. - wage⇄wage, noun, verb, waged,waging.