wage — [weɪdʒ] noun [countable] also wages HUMAN RESOURCES money that someone earns according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that they work, especially money that is paid each week: • The average hourly wage in the industry is $8. • Workers were … Financial and business terms
Wage — Wage, n. [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See {Wage}, v. t. ] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. [Obs.] That warlike wage. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. That for which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
salary — *wage or wages, stipend, pay, hire, emolument, fee … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pay — pay1 W1S1 [peı] v past tense and past participle paid [peıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give money)¦ 2¦(bill/tax/rent)¦ 3¦(wage/salary)¦ 4 pay attention (to somebody/something) 5¦(legal cost)¦ 6¦(say something good)¦ 7¦(good result)¦ 8¦(profit)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
wage — wages, salary, stipend, fee, pay, hire, emolument can all mean the price paid a person for his labor or services. Wage or Wages applies chiefly to an amount paid on a daily, hourly, or piecework basis and typically at weekly intervals for labor,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. compensate; discharge, pay off; render, offer; be profitable, yield [a profit], show a profit, be worthwhile. n. wages, salary; payment, compensation. See payment, success, offer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 … English dictionary for students
wage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wager; conduct, make, carry on, engage in, undertake. See warfare, undertaking, chance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wages, pay, stipend, fee, salary, earnings, payment, emolument; see also pay 2 . Syn … English dictionary for students
salary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stipend, pay, remuneration, wage[s], hire, compensation, payment.See receiving. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wage, wages, recompense, payroll; see pay 2 . See Synonym Study at wage . III (Roget s 3… … English dictionary for students
wage — n. & v. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) a fixed regular payment, usu. daily or weekly, made by an employer to an employee, esp. to a manual or unskilled worker (cf. SALARY). 2 (in sing. or pl.) requital (the wages of sin is death). 3 (in pl.) Econ. the… … Useful english dictionary
wage — 1. noun 1) (usu. wages) the farm workers wages a fair wage Syn: pay, payment, remuneration, salary, stipend, fee, honorarium; income, revenue; profit, gain, reward; … Thesaurus of popular words
wage — n 1: a payment usu. of money for labor or services usu. according to a contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis often used in pl. 2 pl: the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production Merriam… … Law dictionary
