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See also:Wage,wagę,andwäge

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishwage, fromAnglo-Normanwage, fromOld Northern Frenchwage, a northern variant ofOld Frenchgauge,guage (whence modern Frenchgage),Medieval Latinwadium, fromFrankish*waddī (cognate withOld Englishwedd), fromProto-Germanic*wadją(“pledge”), fromProto-Indo-European*wedʰ-(“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin toOld Norseveðja(“to pledge”),Gothic𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹(wadi),Dutchwedde. Compare also the doubletgage. More atwed.

Noun

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wage (pluralwages)

  1. (often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for aspecified quantity ofwork, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
    Before her promotion, herwages were 20% less.
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Translations
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money paid to a worker

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishwagen(“to pledge”), fromAnglo-Norman,Old Northern Frenchwagier, a northern variant ofOld Frenchguagier (whence modernFrenchgager), itself either fromguage or from a derivative ofFrankish*waddī, possibly through aVulgar Latin intermediate*wadiō from*wadium.

Verb

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wage (third-person singular simple presentwages,present participlewaging,simple past and past participlewaged)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) Towager,bet.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) Toemploy for wages; tohire.
    • 1485,Sir Thomas Malory, “xviij”, inLe Morte Darthur, book I:
      Thenne said Arthur I wille goo with yow / Nay said the kynges ye shalle not at this tyme / for ye haue moche to doo yet in these landes / therfore we wille departe / and with the grete goodes that we haue goten in these landes by youre yeftes we shallewage good knyghtes & withstande the kynge Claudas malyce
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    • 1577,Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Scotlande, […]”, inThe Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne,→OCLC,page113, column 1:
      [B]etter it as for him to trie the vttermoſt pointe of fortunes happe, than with diſhonour ſo to yeelde at the firſt blow of hyr frowarde hande, conſidering the abundance of treaſure whiche he had in ſtore, wherewith hee mightwage ſouldiers and menne of warre out of Germanie and other places, in number ſufficient to matche with his enimies.
  4. (transitive) Toconduct orcarry out (a war or other contest).
    • 1709,John Dryden,Mac Flecknoe:
      pond'ring which of all his Sons was fit / To Reign, andwage immortal War with Wit
    • 1832, [Isaac Taylor],Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball,→OCLC:
      The two arewaging war, and the one triumphs by the destruction of the other.
    • 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off theGame Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, inThe A.V. Club‎[1], archived fromthe original on28 January 2021:
      Setting our sights back on King’s Landing, where the Last War will bewaged, makes a lot of sense, even if it does feel a bit anticlimactic after last week’s deadly, blustery maelstrom.
  5. (transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
  6. (obsolete, law, UK) To givesecurity for the performance of.[1]
Usage notes
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  • "Wage" collocates strongly with "war", leading to expressions such asTo wage peace, orTo wage football implying the inclusion of a large element of conflict in the action.
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Translations
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to conduct or carry out

References

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  1. ^Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851), “WAGE”, inA New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volume(please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […],→OCLC.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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wage

  1. (dated or formal)singularpresentsubjunctive ofwagen

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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wage

  1. inflection ofwagen:
    1. first-personsingularpresent
    2. first/third-personsingularsubjunctive I
    3. singularimperative

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutchwāga, fromProto-West Germanic*wāgu.

Noun

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wâge f orm

  1. weight
  2. a certainweight, of which the exact value varied
  3. weighing scale
  4. weighhouse

Inflection

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Weak masculine noun
singularplural
nominativewâgewâgen
accusativewâgewâgen
genitivewâgenwâgen
dativewâgewâgen
Weak feminine noun
singularplural
nominativewâgewâgen
accusativewâgewâgen
genitivewâge,wâgenwâgen
dativewâge,wâgenwâgen

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Northern Frenchwage, fromFrankish*wadi, fromProto-Germanic*wadją.Doublet ofgage andwed.

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Noun

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wage (pluralwages)

  1. Awage;earnings.
  2. Money reserved for the payment ofsalaries.
  3. An earnedpositiveconsequence.
  4. Apromise,pact, oragreement.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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wage

  1. alternative form ofwagen

Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑː.ɡe/,[ˈwɑː.ɣe]

Noun

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wāge

  1. dativesingular ofwāg

Old French

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Norsevágr.

Noun

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wageoblique singular, f (oblique pluralwages,nominative singularwage,nominative pluralwages)

  1. wave (moving part of a liquid, etc.)

Etymology 2

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seegage

Noun

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wageoblique singular, m (oblique pluralwages,nominative singularwages,nominative pluralwage)

  1. (Old Northern French)alternative form ofgage

Proto-Norse

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Romanization

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wāgē

  1. romanization ofᚹᚨᚷᛖ
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