Antonyms for wage

Grammar : Verb

Spell : weyj

Phonetic Transcription : weɪdʒ

Definition of wage

Origin : c.1300, "a payment for services rendered," also in Middle English "a pledge of security" (mid-14c.), from Old North French wage (Old French guage) "pledge," from Frankish *wadja- (cf. Old English wedd, Gothic wadi "pledge"); see wed. Modern French cognate gages (plural) means "wages of a domestic," one of a plethora of French words for different classes, e.g. traitement (university professor), paye, salaire (workman), solde (soldier), récompense, prix. The Old English word was lean, related to loan and representing the usual Germanic form (cf. Gothic laun, Dutch loon, German lohn).

verb carry on

Example sentences :

To be sure, the wage was infinitesimal, while the toil was body-breaking soul-breaking.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Of course, very few of the other immigrants get such a wage as that.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

They asked for a wage, a bunk, and grub; nothing else mattered.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Ey, another fortnight—trusting to get their wage afore that, please God.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Where is the warrior, stout of heart and strong of will, who can wage war with cold and hunger?
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

For death, as all must see, is only the wage of sin, the ripe fruit of evil.
Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg

Let the young man from London, come for the wage he got, resist, if need were to resist.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan

But some feeling of doubt prompted him to secure his wage without delay.
Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

His wage, as a mechanic, had never exceeded two seventy-five a day.
Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie

Elschen was broken hearted because there was no way in which she also could become a wage earner.
Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie

Synonyms for wage

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