Wage Weɪdʒ Week Weekly Workers Good Work Noun

• wages of £300 a week
• a weekly wage of £300
• an hourly/a daily/a monthly wage
• workers in these stores earn a good wage.

wage

1. a regular amount of money that you earn, usually every week or every month, for work or services
• COMPARE salary
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• wages of £300 a week
• a weekly wage of £300
• an hourly/a daily/a monthly wage
• Workers in these stores earn a good wage.
• We all hope we can find a job that pays a decent wage.
• Wages were paid on Fridays.
• They are prepared to work for wages well below the legal minimum.
• The average wage for unskilled workers is very low.
• There are extra benefits for people on low wages.
• Workers have been on strike for higher wages since October.
• Tax and insurance are deducted from your wages.
• low/minimum wage earners
• wage cuts
• a wage increase of 3%
• a wage rise of 3%
• wage demands/claims/settlements
• The staff have agreed to a voluntary wage freeze (= a situation in which wages are not increased for a time).

Extra Examples

• Full employment pushed up wages.
• He busked to supplement his meagre wages.
• He made a good wage as a trader.
• How can you live on such a low wage?
• Markets set the wages.
• Real wages fell last year, when inflation is taken into account.
• Semi-skilled tradesmen began to demand higher wages.
• She earns a good wage at the factory.
• Staff shortages have put an upward pressure on wages.
• The government promised greater tax cuts in return for continued wage restraints.
• The prevailing wage is generally determined by local union rates.
• The store argues that it offers competitive wages.
• The union submitted a wage claim for a 9% rise.
• They docked his wages for arriving at work two hours late.
• Women's wages were lower than men's.
• a basic wage of £100 a week plus tips
• my life as a corporate wage slave
• the wage gap between men and women
• to receive reimbursement for lost wages
• wage differentials between large and small companies
• He gets a weekly wage of £300.
• He receives weekly wages of £300.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French, of Germanic origin; related to wed.