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   wage

   /weɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. 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 paypaymentremunerationsalaryemolumentstipendfeeallowancehonorariumincomerevenueyieldprofitgainrewardcompensationrecompensereimbursementearningstakingsproceeds
   • ▪ the part of total production that is the return to labour as earned income as distinct from the remuneration received by capital as unearned income.
   • ▪ the result or effect of doing something considered wrong or unwise: "disasters are the wages of sin" Similar rewardrecompenserequitalretributionreturnsdeserts

   verb

   • 1. carry on (a war or campaign): "it is necessary to destroy their capacity to wage war"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French, of Germanic origin; related to gage1 and wed.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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