wage

Meaning

Noun

An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To wager, bet.
2. (obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
3. (obsolete) To employ for wages; to hire.
4. To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
5. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
6. (obsolete) To give security for the performance of

Synonyms

salary

pay

💸

wages

remuneration

earnings

fee

stipend

payment

💸

income

hire

emolument

reward

compensation

engage

conduct

cost

wage rate

attempt

guide

do

drive

rent

lead

bring

channel

make

gain

labour cost

price

undertake

get

get down

go

go out

gratuity

hired

honorarium

implement

inheritance

instigate

king

👑

lay

leave

outlay

paycheck

perform

play

prize

profit

prosecute

provoke

quit

reach

recompense

refund

render

result

revenue

set

set about

set out

sheath

start

steer

strike out

sugar

tackle

take

transact

venture

work

actor’s remuneration

actress’s remuneration

performing fee

gross pay

to carry on

abut

pittance payment

accomplish

achieve

act

adjoin

alight

allowance

amount

arrive at

attain

award

be next to

carry out

cause

challenge

charge

commence

commit

due

embark

embark on

emerge

exit

expenditure

expense

fair

ferment

fine

fly

✈️

gainings

Pronounced as (IPA)

/weɪd͡ʒ/

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.