Definition of Wage

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engage in, conduct (war, battle)
salary, payment, earnings; just recompense (Literary)
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Wage Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
  
(v. t.)
To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
  
(v. t.)
To give security for the performance of.
  
(v. t.)
To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
  
(v. t.)
To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
  
(v. t.)
To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
  
(v. t.)
That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
  
(v. t.)
That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
  
(v. i.)
To bind one's self; to engage.
  
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wage
\wage\, v. i. to bind one's self; to engage. [obs.]
wage
\wage\, n. [of. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. see wage, v. t. ]
1. that which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. [obs.] "that warlike wage."
2. that for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. see wages. "my day's wage." w. scott. "at least i earned my wage." "pay them a wage in advance." morley. "the wages of virtue." by tom thumb, a fairy page, he sent it, and doth him engage, by promise of a mighty wage, it secretly to carry. our praises are our wages. existing legislation on the subject of wages. brit.
note: wage is used adjectively and as the first part of compounds which are usually self-explaining; as, wage worker, or wage-worker; wage-earner, etc.


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Origin
From the Bible. Romans 6:23. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Lluyddu = v. to wage war
Rhyfela = v. to wage war, to war
Rhyfelu = v. to wage war, to war
Shakespeare Words
to reward as with wages
GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS
1.a payment of money for labor or services
2.RECOMPENSE,REWARD
3. engage in or carry on



EG:Dollars! All their cares, hopes, joys, affections, virtues, and associations seemed to be melted down into dollars. Whatever the chance contributions that fell into the slow cauldron of their talk, they made the gruel thick and slab with dollars. Men were weighed by their dollars, measures were gauged by their dollars; life was auctioned, appraised, put up, and knocked down for its dollars. The next respectable thing to dollars was any venture having their attainment for its end. The more of that worthless ballast, honor and fair-dealing, which any man cast overboard from the ship of his Good Nature and Good Intent, the more ample stowage-room he had for dollars. Make commerce one huge lie and mighty theft. Deface the banner of the nation for an idle rag; pollute it star by star; and cut out stripe by stripe as from the arm of a degraded soldier. Do anything for dollars! What is a flag to them!(CHARLES DICKENS)
EG:When you overpay small people you frighten them. They know that their merits or activities entitle them to no such sums as they are receiving. As a result their boss soars out of economic into magic significance. He becomes a source of blessings rather than wages. (B.HECHT)
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
(synonym) pay, earnings, remuneration, salary
(hypernym) regular payment
(hyponym) combat pay
(part-holonym) payroll, paysheet

Verb
1. as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
(synonym) engage
(hypernym) fight, struggle
(hyponym) put up, provide, offer
Wage Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
BEA Economic Analysis Glossary
The monetary remuneration of employees, including the compensation of corporate officers; commissions, tips, and bonuses; voluntary employee contributions to certain deferred compensation plans, such as 401(k) plans; and receipts in kind that represent income. Accruals and disbursements differ in the treatment of retroactive payments. In the national income and product accounts (NIPAs), wage and salary accruals is the appropriate measure for gross domestic income (GDI) and wage and salary disbursements is the appropriate measure for personal income.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Wage Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Bureau of Labor Statistics Glossary
Workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors.
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Wage Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
WAGE may refer to:
  • Wage, a compensation workers receive in exchange for their labor
  • Formerlly the call sign of radio station WCRW (1190 AM) licensed to Leesburg, Virginia, United States
  • WAGE, the original callsign of a radio station (620 AM) licensed to Syracuse, New York, United States, now WHEN (AM)
  • Wide Area GPS Enhancement

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A wage is a compensation, usually financial, received by workers in exchange for their labor.

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The Javanese calendar is the calendar of the Javanese people. It is used concurrently with two other calendars, the Gregorian calendar and the Islamic calendar. The Gregorian calendar is the official calendar of the Republic of Indonesia and civil society, while the Islamic calendar is used by Muslims and Indonesian government for religious worship and deciding relevant Islamic holidays.

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Wage Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The 'Lectric Law Library
WAGE -. To give a pledge or security for the performance of anything; as to wage or gage deliverance; to wage law, etc. This word is but little used.

WAGES - A compensation given to a hired person for his or her services.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.