wage /wāj/

1. To engage in or carry on, esp war
2. (esp in pap) to pay wages to
3. To pledge, offer as a pledge (obsolete)
4. To wager (obsolete)
5. To hazard (obsolete)
6. To hire for pay (obsolete)
7. To bribe (obsolete)
8. To let out for pay (Spenser)

1. To be equal in value
2. To contend, battle

1. Payment for services, esp a regular payment made by an employer to an (unskilled or semi-skilled) employee, or (figurative) reward (both often wages, pl in form, but sometimes construed as sing)
2. A gage or pledge (obsolete)

waged adjective

wageˈless adjective and plural noun

wage 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

wageˈ-earner noun

1. Anyone who works for wages
2. The person who earns the money that supports, or money that helps to support, the household

wageˈ-earning noun

wage freeze noun

A fixing of wages at a certain level for some time ahead

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