carry on (wage) a campaign
1wage — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, pledge, recompense, from Anglo French wage, gage, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wetti pledge more at wed Date: 14th century 1. a. a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according… …
2wage — [wāj] vt. waged, waging [ME wagen < NormFr wagier (OFr gagier) < wage (OFr gage), a stake, pledge < Frank * wadi, akin to Goth wadi, a pledge: for IE base see WED] 1. to engage in or carry on (a war, struggle, campaign, etc.) 2. [Dial.,… …
3wage — ► NOUN (also wages) 1) a fixed regular payment for work, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis. 2) the result or effect of doing something wrong or unwise: the wages of sin. ► VERB ▪ carry on (a war or campaign). DERIVATIVES waged adjective …
4campaign — I n. 1) to carry on, conduct, wage; launch, mount, organize a campaign 2) an active, vigorous; feeble, weak; whirlwind campaign 3) an advertising; anti smoking; educational; election, political; membership; military; national, nationwide; public… …
5wage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wager; conduct, make, carry on, engage in, undertake. See warfare, undertaking, chance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wages, pay, stipend, fee, salary, earnings, payment, emolument; see also pay 2 . Syn …
6Campaign Against Nuclear Energy — The Campaign Against Nuclear Energy (CANE) was established in Perth, Western Australia on February 14, 1976 by Friends of the Earth (FOE) this included:Peter Brotherton, FOE coordinator WA and John Carlin, Mike Thomas and Barrie Machin after a… …
7carry out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. complete, accomplish, fulfill; see achieve 1 , complete 1 , succeed 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To oversee the provision or execution of: administer, administrate, dispense, execute. See OVER. 2. To engage in (a… …
8carry on — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. continue; misbehave, act up; emote. See continuity, badness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To continue] Syn. keep going, proceed, persist, persevere; see achieve 1 , continue 1 , 2 , endure 1 . 2. [To… …
9wage — noun (also wages) 1》 a fixed regular payment for work, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis. ↘(wages) Economics the part of total production that is the return to labour as earned income as distinct from the remuneration received by… …
10Comprehensive campaign — A comprehensive campaign is labor union organizing or a collective bargaining campaign with a heavy focus on research, the use of community coalition building, publicity and public pressure, political and regulatory pressure, and economic and… …
