Definition of wage

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Wage (v. t.) That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.

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Perquisite :: Perquisite (n.) Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service..
Low :: Low (superl.) Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages..
Hireling :: Hireling (a.) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
Stowaway :: Stowage (n.) Money paid for stowing goods.
Staktometer :: Stakeholder (n.) The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
Wagering :: Wagering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wage.
Stowage :: Stowage (n.) Room in which things may be stowed.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Lockout :: Lockout (n.) The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages..
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick..
Sweatily :: Sweater (n.) An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
Swage :: Swage (v. t. & i.) See Assuage.
Stowage :: Stowage (n.) The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel..
Pack :: Pack (v. i.) To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well..
Plumbing :: Plumbing (n.) The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building..
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk..
Hire :: Hire (n.) The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay..
Asswage :: Asswage (v.) See Assuage.
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