wage
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wage¹
- /weɪd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -eɪdʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English wage, from Anglo-Norman wage, from Old Northern French wage, a northern variant of Old French gauge, guage (whence modern French gage), Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin to Old Norse veðja (“to pledge”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi), Dutch wedde. Compare also the doublet gage. More at wed.
wage²
- /weɪd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -eɪdʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English wagen (“to pledge”), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wagier, a northern variant of Old French guagier (whence modern French gager), itself either from guage or from a derivative of Frankish *waddī, possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *wadiō from *wadium (see the noun above). See Medieval Latin wadiō and wadium for more.
verb wages · waging · waged
- To wager, bet. My life I never held but as a pawn / To wage against thine enemies
- To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. I fear the power of Percy is too weak / To wage an instant trial with the King.
- To employ for wages; to hire. Thenne said Arthur I wille goo with yow / Nay said the kynges ye shalle not at this tyme / for ye haue moche to doo yet in these landes / therfore we wille departe / and with the grete goodes that we haue goten in these landes by youre yeftes we shalle wage good knyghtes & withstande the kynge Claud
- To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest). pond'ring which of all his Sons was fit / To Reign, and wage immortal War with Wit
- To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out. Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.
- To give security for the performance of.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: salary, earnings, remuneration, pay, engage, paycheck, payroll, income, stipend, employee, paid, employment, revenue, payment, payoff, labor
Translations
Every language
noun money paid to a worker
| Español | salario, sueldo, jornal, soldada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 임금 imgeum, 급료 geumnyo, 봉급 bonggeup, 삯 sak, 품삯 pumsak, 월급 wolgeup |
| 日本語 | 給料 kyūryō, サラリー sararī, 賃金 chingin, 月給 gekkyū |
| 中文 | 工資 /工资 gōngzī, 薪金 xīnjīn, 薪水 xīnshuǐ, 工錢 /工钱 gōngqián |
| हिन्दी | वेतन vetan, तनख़्वाह tanxvāh, मासिक वेतन māsik vetan, दिहाड़ी dihāṛī, पगार pagār, मेहनताना mehantānā |
| Kiswahili | mshahara |
| Português | salário, ordenado, remuneração |
| Français | salaire |
| Deutsch | Lohn, Arbeitsentgelt |
| Italiano | salario, paga |
| Ελληνικά | μισθός misthós, μεροκάματο merokámato |
| Română | plată, salariu, leafă |
| Русский | за́работная пла́та zárabotnaja pláta, зарпла́та zarpláta, за́работок zárabotok, жа́лование žálovanije |
| Tiếng Việt | lương |
| العربية | أَجْر ʔajr, رَاتِب rātib, أُجْرَة ʔujra |
| עברית | מַשְׂכֹּרֶת maskorét, שָׂכָר sakhár |
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title = {wage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-05}
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