plural de wage
1wage — I UK [weɪdʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms wage : singular wage plural wages *** wage or wages a) an amount of money that you earn for working, usually according to how many hours or days you work each week or month daily/hourly/weekly wage… …
2wage — [weɪdʒ] noun [countable] also wages HUMAN RESOURCES money that someone earns according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that they work, especially money that is paid each week: • The average hourly wage in the industry is $8. • Workers were …
3Wage — Wage, n. [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See {Wage}, v. t. ] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. [Obs.] That warlike wage. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. That for which… …
4wage — wage, wages Wages is normally used in the plural (Their wages are still too low); an older singular construction survives only in the biblical line For the wages of sinne is death (Romans 6:23). But wage is also used (What sort of wage are you… …
5wage differential — noun The difference in the wages paid to different classes of workers (eg skilled and unskilled) in an industry, or to workers doing similar jobs in different industries or areas • • • Main Entry: ↑wage * * * wage differential UK US noun… …
6wage — [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.,… …
7wage curve — UK US noun [countable] [singular wage curve plural wage curves] business a line on a graph that shows the relationship between the average pay for workers in a region or industry and the rate of unemployment in that region or i …
8wage-packet — UK US noun [countable] [singular wage packet plural wage packets] british a pay packet Thesaurus: wages and salariessynonym extra payments and benefits in addition to wages …
9wage-and-hour laws — UK US noun [plural] LAW, WORKPLACE ► in the US, the laws that deal with working conditions, hours, etc.: »The firm violated the state s wage and hour laws when it failed to provide breaks for its workers …
10wage — 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… …
