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wage
noun
money
you
earn
on
a
regular
schedule
for
work
that
you
do
,
usually
each
week
or
hour
•
She
negotiated
a
higher
wage
before
accepting
the
job
.
She
negotiated
a
higher
wage
before
accepting
the
job
.
•
The
factory
workers
went
on
strike
for
a
fair
wage
.
The
factory
workers
went
on
strike
for
a
fair
wage
.
From
Middle
English
wage
,
from
Old
North
French
and
Anglo-Norman
wage
,
variant
of
Old
French
gage
“
pledge
,
guarantee
;
payment
.”
verb
-
wage
,
waging
,
wages
,
waged
to
carry
on
or
actively
pursue
a
serious
action
such
as
a
war
,
campaign
,
or
battle
•
The
rebels
decided
to
wage war
against
the
king
.
The
rebels
decided
to
wage war
against
the
king
.
•
Many
governments
now
wage
campaigns
to
reduce
plastic
waste
.
Many
governments
now
wage campaigns
to
reduce
plastic
waste
.
Same
origin
as
the
noun
:
from
Old
North
French
wage
“
payment
for
service
,”
later
extended
metaphorically
to
mean
“
effort
expended
”
in
phrases
like
“
wage
war
.”
wages
noun
(
literary
)
the
result
or
punishment
that
you
receive
for
your
actions
,
especially
bad
ones
•
He
finally
faced
the
wages
of
his
greed
when
all
his
friends
left
him
.
He
finally
faced
the
wages
of
his
greed
when
all
his
friends
left
him
.
•
The
story
teaches
that
the
wages
of
sin
is
death
.
The
story
teaches
that
the
wages
of
sin
is
death
.
Extension
of
the
primary
sense
of
“
wage
”
as
reward
or
payment
,
used
figuratively
in
the
King
James
Bible
phrase
“
the
wages
of
sin
is
death
.”