wage
An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually…An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
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» They complained about their low wages.
Они жаловались на свою маленькую зарплату. — Hellerick
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Examples
224 sentencesThey complained about their low wages.
ruОни жаловались на свою маленькую зарплату. — Hellerick
One-fifth of my wages goes to taxes.
deEin Fünftel meines Einkommens geht für die Steuer drauf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We're on strike because the company hasn't raised our wages.
Meaning
1 senses(often, plural)An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.
Lohn, Arbeitsentgelt
за́работная пла́таzárabotnaja pláta, зарпла́таzarpláta, за́работокzárabotok
заробі́тна пла́таzarobítna pláta, зарпла́таzarpláta, запла́таzapláta
- something that remunerates
Origin
From Middle English wage, from Anglo-Norman wage, from Old Northern French wage, a northerFrom Middle English wage, from Anglo-Norman wage, from Old Northern French wage, a northern variant of Old French gauge, guage (whence modern French gage), Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin to Old Norse veðja (“to pledge”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi), Dutch wedde. Compare also the doublet gage. More at wed.
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Forms
plural: wagesSynonyms
4 synonyms- something that remunerates:payearningsremunerationsalary
Word family
43 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
3 patterns- minimum wage
- the minimum wage
- for minimum wage
See also
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