wage
To conduct or carry outTo conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
» Tom makes minimum wage.
Том отримує мінімальну зарплатню.
Том отримує мінімалку.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
führen
вести́vestí, проводи́тьprovodítʹ
(transitive)To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
(obsolete, transitive)To wager, bet.
(obsolete, transitive)To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
(obsolete, transitive)To employ for wages; to hire.
(UK, obsolete)To give security for the performance of.
- carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
Examples
240 sentencesTom makes minimum wage.
Том отримує мінімальну зарплатню.
They're now making minimum wage.
Зараз вони отримують мінімальну зарплатню.
Would you work for minimum wage?
What's the minimum wage in Australia?
Яка мінімальна зарплатня в Австралії?
ruКакая в Австралии минимальная зарплата?
deWas ist in Australien der Mindestlohn?
I've been working for minimum wage.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English wagen (“to pledge”), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wagier, aFrom 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.
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Forms
wages, waging, waged, wagedSynonyms
1 synonyms- carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns):engage
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
3 patterns- minimum wage
- the minimum wage
- for minimum wage