单词 | waged |
释义 | wagedadj. a. Hired for wages; paid by wages. †Of soldiers: Mercenary (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages hiredc1230 wagedc1440 pensionary1548 paid1590 bepaid- society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [adjective] > mercenary wagedc1440 stipendiaryc1545 mercenary1569 wageable1614 provant1637 stipendiarian1796 mercenarian1886 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > in receipt of pay > paid by wages wagedc1440 c1440 Engl. Conquest Ireland (1896) 23 We come not into this londe as wagid men. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 193 That the necligence of so weel wagid bischopis..schulde be suffrid to be. 1462 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 524 I may get leue for to send non of my wagyd men home ageyn. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xlvi. 21 Hir wagied souldyers that be with her, are like fat calues. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 123/2 Let us mark..that we may be watchfull to fight against Sathan, and his waged men. 1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood in Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. 46 You stand a waged Minister vnder them. c1600 D. Moysie Mem. Affairs Scotl. (1830) 21 For the quhilk effect theare wer iijc waidged men teane vp vpone the Kingis expensse. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 92 Florence mac Carty..refused to give his son for pledge, lest his waged souldiers should cast him out of his Countrey. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. xii. 344 Wouldst thou aid the enemy of the lord under whose banner thou servest, against his waged soldiers? 1870 Daily News 18 June The continued want of employment among those who live by waged labour. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribed subornate1431 bribed?1556 waged1561 feed1579 suggested1647 suborned1676 greased1693 bought1700 nobbled1876 fixeda1889 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 290 Ye leud babblers which do let out to hier the seruice of their waged tonge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1440 |
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