wage

Pronunciation: /weɪd͡ʒ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun something that remunerates
  2. verb carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

Etymology

From Middle English wage, from Anglo-Norman wage, from Old Northern French wage, a northern variant of Old French gauge, guage (whence modern French gage), Medieval Latin wadium, from Frankish *waddī (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin to Old Norse veðja (“to pledge”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi), Dutch wedde. Compare also the doublet gage. More at wed.

In classic literature

Synonyms

pay, earnings, remuneration, salary

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
regular payment
Narrower (hyponyms)
combat pay, found, half-pay, sick pay, minimum wage, living wage

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