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. — deniko
They're now making minimum wage.
Зараз вони отримують мінімальну зарплатню. — deniko
Would you work for minimum wage?
What's the minimum wage in Australia?
Яка мінімальна зарплатня в Австралії? — deniko
ruКакая в Австралии минимальная зарплата? — Selena777
deWas ist in Australien der Mindestlohn? — raggione
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