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    [Noun]  | "wage" | \ ˈwāj \


    1: a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis —often used in plural

    2: the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production

    3: recompense, reward —usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, pledge, recompense, from Anglo-French wage, gage, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wetti pledge ;

    [Noun]  | "living wage" 


    1: a subsistence wage

    2: a wage sufficient to provide the necessities and comforts essential to an acceptable standard of living


    Origin: 1817 ;

    [Noun]  | "minimum wage" 


    1: living wage

    2: the lowest wage paid or permitted to be paid; specifically : a wage fixed by legal authority or by contract as the least that may be paid either to employed persons generally or to a particular category of employed persons


    Origin: 1860 ;

    [Noun]  | "fair wage" 


    1: a wage that is reasonable for the type of work done

    [Verb]  | "wage" 


    1: to engage in or carry on

    2: to be in process of occurring


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, to offer surety, put up as a stake, hire, from Anglo-French *wager, gager, from wage;

    [Plural noun]  | "nominal wages" 


    1: wages measured in money as distinct from actual purchasing power


    Origin: 1814 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "starvation wages" 


    1: wages insufficient to provide the ordinary necessities of life


    Origin: 1825 ;

    [Adjective]  | "sub*min*i*mum" | \ ˌsəb-ˈmi-nə-məm \


    1: having or providing less than a specified minimum


    Origin: 1817 ;

    [Noun]  | "wages" 


    1: the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services;


      * e.g., " ... the wage you earn is more than enough to support us comfortably "



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    [Noun]  | "wage" 


    1: the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services;


      * e.g., " ... the wage you earn is more than enough to support us comfortably "



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    [Noun]  | "minimum wages" 


    1: an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law;


      * e.g., " ... Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage. "



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    [Noun]  | "minimum wage" 


    1: an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law;


      * e.g., " ... Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage. "



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    [Plural noun]  | "nominal wages" 


     [ "wages" ]

    1: A butchering of the original word "wages" (way'-jez). Often made by Latin students who believe all g's shouldn't not be pronounced like j's.

      * e.g.,  ... "The wages are incredible... I mean wages... With a soft g..." 

     [ "wage" ]

    1: The unit of measurement for the piss of a male to make one clockwise rotation around a standard toilet bowl.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, I drank so much I just went 27 wages. My personal record is 32 wages. 

     [ "wage" ]

    1: The words way and huge combined. Used to describe something huger than normal hugeness.

      * e.g.,  ... A turd that is so large it can't be flushed without size reduction modification is wage. 

     [ "wage" ]

    1: it is similar to own or pwn but if adds more emphesis then them.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude i was playin' CS:S the other day and i killed the whole T force, i was like wage! 

     [ "Wages" ]

    1: A great, successful driver! One who is loved and appreciated by all others on the road.

      * e.g.,  ... That driver follows all the rules, what a real Wages! 

     [ "wage cage" ]

    1: The establishment where a person is forced to attend during working hours.

      * e.g.,  ... See you later honey, I'm off to the fucken wage cage to earn us some bread. 

     [ "Wage gap" ]

    1: The wage gap is a real idea of women being paid less simply because of being women. It is a big problem for feminism, however, it actually has roots in intelectual stuff, because Women are paid less because women work less.

      * e.g.,  ... Woman: I hate the wage gap! 


     [ "Wage gap" ]

    2:  Women take more time off.

      * e.g.,  ... Man: Hey, VSauce, (NAME) here. 


     [ "Wage gap" ]

    3:  Women are less competetive. As You can see, feminists shoukd stop whining about this.

     [ "Wage War" ]

    1: A really cool metal band that originating in Central Florida, Wage War gathers inspiration from several different sub-genres of metal, explaining their wide range of appeal to metal heads everywhere. White Chapel, The Devil Wears Prada, and August Burns Red are just a few of their influences. Mixing the anger and angst of Hardcore Metal with a positive message of redemption and hope. Wage War has a bright future ahead of them. The current lineup consists of unclean vocalist Briton Bond, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Seth Blake, rhythm guitarist and clean vocalist Cody Quistad, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Chris Gaylord and drummer and percussionist Stephen Kleusener.

      * e.g.,  ... Wage war made 4 albums for nowadays. First "Blueprints" in 2015, "Deadweight" in 2017, "Pressure" in 2019 and "Manic" in 2021 

     [ "wage slave" ]

    1: regular worker/employee. someone with no autonomy who must work to survive.

      * e.g.,  ... I am a wage slave at McDonalds 

     [ "Lost Wages" ]

    1: Perjorative name for Las Vegas, Nevada, due to the tendency of one to lose money in gambling. Also spelled with dollar signs in place of each letter S (Lo$t Wage$)

      * e.g.,  ... Joe went to Lo$t Wage$ and lost his shirt. 

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