wage
noun
[ weɪdʒ ]
• a fixed regular payment earned for work or services, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis.
• "we were struggling to get better wages"
Similar:
pay,
payment,
remuneration,
salary,
emolument,
stipend,
fee,
allowance,
honorarium,
income,
revenue,
yield,
profit,
gain,
reward,
compensation,
recompense,
reimbursement,
earnings,
takings,
proceeds,
wage
verb
• carry on (a war or campaign).
• "it is necessary to destroy their capacity to wage war"
Similar:
engage in,
carry on,
conduct,
execute,
pursue,
undertake,
prosecute,
practise,
proceed with,
devote oneself to,
go on with,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French, of Germanic origin; related to gage1 and wed.
