[weyj] 
,noun, verb, waged, wag⋅ing.| 1. | Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage. |
| 2. | Usually, wages. Economics. the share of the products of industry received by labor for its work (as distinct from the share going to capital). |
| 3. | Usually, wages. (used with a singular or plural verb ) recompense or return: The wages of sin is death. |
| 4. | Obsolete. a pledge or security. |
| 5. | to carry on (a battle, war, conflict, argument, etc.): to wage war against a nation. |
| 6. | Chiefly British Dialect. to hire. |
| 7. | Obsolete.
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| 8. | Obsolete. to contend; struggle. |
| wage (wāj) n.
To engage in (a war or campaign, for example). [Middle English, from Old North French, of Germanic origin.] |
wage
income derived from human labour. Technically, wages and salaries cover all compensation made to employees for either physical or mental work, but they do not represent the income of the self-employed. Labour costs are not identical to wage and salary costs, because total labour costs may include such items as cafeterias or meeting rooms maintained for the convenience of employees. Wages and salaries usually include remuneration such as paid vacations, holidays, and sick leave, as well as fringe benefits and supplements in the form of pensions or health insurance sponsored by the employer. Additional compensation can be paid in the form of bonuses or stock options, many of which are linked to individual or group performance
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