wage

/weidʤ/

Thân thiện

A worker receives his weekly wage in a small envelope.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Regular payment for work: Money paid to an employee, especially on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis, for labor or services rendered.
   • (Often in plural: wages) The earnings from employment, typically referring to non-salaried compensation.

2. Verb:

   • To engage in or carry on: To begin and continue a concerted effort, especially a difficult or prolonged one like a war, campaign, or struggle.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • The factory workers demanded a higher hourly wage.
  • He struggles to support his family on low wages.

• Verb:

  • The government waged a long campaign against inflation.
  • Environmental groups are waging a battle to protect the forest.

Advanced Usage

• "A living wage": A wage that is high enough to maintain a normal standard of living.

  • The protestors are calling for employers to pay a living wage.

• "The wages of sin" (idiomatic, from biblical reference): The negative consequences or punishment that result from wrongdoing.

  • In the story, his greed led to his ruin—he received the wages of sin.

Variants and Related Words

• Wage earner (n): A person who works for wages; a breadwinner.

  • She is the primary wage earner in her household.

• Wage freeze (n): A period when wages are not allowed to increase.

  • The company announced a wage freeze for the next fiscal year.

Synonyms

• Noun: Pay, earnings, remuneration, salary (though salary often implies a fixed annual sum), compensation.
• Verb: Conduct, pursue, carry on, prosecute, engage in.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Wage" as a verb does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically complete without a particle.)

Related Idioms

• "Wage war (on/against)": To engage in a vigorous struggle or campaign against something.
  • The city is waging war on litter by increasing fines.
  • She waged a war against the bureaucratic delays.

Học thuật

Noun

1. something that remunerates
   • wages were paid by check
   • he wasted his pay on drink
   • they saved a quarter of all their earnings

Verb

1. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
   • Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe

Từ đồng nghĩa

• pay
• earnings
• remuneration
• salary
• engage