wage

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♦ wage /w'eɪdʒ/ (wages waging waged)
1 [N-COUNT]
Someone's wages are the amount of money that is regularly paid to them for the work that they do.
His wages have gone up...
This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.
2 [VERB] V n
If a person, group, or country wages a campaign or a war, they start it and continue it over a period of time.
...the three factions that had been waging a civil war...liv|ing wage
[N-SING] usu a N
A living wage is a wage which is just enough to enable you to buy food, clothing, and other necessary things.
Many farmers have to depend on subsidies to make a living wage.mini|mum wage
[N-SING]
The minimum wage is the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay an employee, according to a law or agreement.wage pack|et (wage packets)
[N-COUNT]
People's wages can be referred to as their wage packet. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use paycheck)
They work long hours in order to take home a fat wage packet.

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