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How to pronounce wage in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms engage
Type of contend, struggle, fight
Has types offer, provide, put up


Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe.
Type Words
Synonyms earnings, pay, remuneration, salary
Type of regular payment
Has types pay envelope, pay packet, sick pay, strike pay, take-home pay, combat pay, double time, found, half-pay, living wage, merit pay, minimum wage


wages were paid by check.

Examples of wage

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Smaller protests have taken place around Dhaka demanding the new wage structure.
From the dailyherald.com
How about hiring a few more low wage workers to have more showplaces for Mickey.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The Finance Ministry says the latest round of wage increases may be rolled back.
From the online.wsj.com
The idled plant had about 1,600 workers, including 1,100 making the Tier 1 wage.
From the freep.com
Compared to a year ago, all regions show higher gains in annual wage and salary.
From the upi.com
Aaron Francisco is also a solid player, and the two should wage a fierce battle.
From the sportingnews.com
In 1973 he decided we're all Keynesians now and imposed wage and price controls.
From the businessweek.com
Consequently they earn, on average, more than workers with a set wage or salary.
From the businessweek.com
In recent years, he has moved assembly work to China and other low-wage nations.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • Engage: carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
  • Something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
  • (wages) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
  • A wage is a compensation, usually financial, received by workers in exchange for their labor.
  • The Javanese calendar is a calendar still in use by the Javanese people of Indonesia concurrently with two other important calendars, the Gregorian calendar and the Islamic calendar. ...
  • WAGE is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station though is currently silent. WAGE is licensed to Leesburg, Virginia, serving Leesburg and Loudoun County, Virginia. WAGE is owned and operated by New World Radio, Inc., a subsidiary of Potomac Radio, LLC.
  • An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually expressed on an hourly basis; To wager, bet; To employ for wages; to hire; To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest)
  • (Wages) A payment, usually of money, for labor or services performed.
  • (Wages) All payment for services performed for an employer. Wages do not have to be cash. The cash value of all compensation paid to an employee in any form other than cash is also considered wages (unless the form of payment is specifically not covered under the Social Security Act). ...