Wage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Derivative words 1.4 Verb

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French wage, a northern variant of Old French guage, gage, from Old Franconian *waddi (cognate with Old English wedd), from Germanic *wadja.

Pronunciation

IPA: /weɪʤ/

Noun

Singular wage

Plural wages

1. an amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work. usually expressed on an hourly basis.

Related terms

earnings pay

salary wages

Translations

Arabic: اجر (’ájr) m. Chinese: 工資, 工资 (gōngzī) Dutch: loon, salaris Estonian: palk Finnish: palkka, ansiotulo French: salaire m. German: Lohn Indonesian: gaji Interlingua: paga, salario Italian: salario m.

Japanese: 給料 (き゠うりょう, kyūryō) Korean: 임금 (imgeum) Persian: ٠زد (mōzd), دست‌٠زد (dăst-mōzd), کار٠زد (kär-mōzd) Portuguese: paga f., salário m. Romanian: plată f., salariu n., leafă f. Russian: жалованье (žálovan’je) n., заработная плата (zarabótnaja pláta) f., зарплата (zarpláta) f. (coll.) Slovak: mzda f. Spanish: salario m. Swedish: lön c.

Derivative words

• wage moderation

Verb

wage

1. to conduct or carry out. (for example, to wage war)

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