wage 音標拼音: [w'edʒ]
n . 薪水,工資,報應,報償,代價
vt . 開展,進行
vi . 在進行中
薪水,工資,報應,報償,代價開展,進行在進行中
wage 工資
wage n 1 :
something that remunerates ; "
wages were paid by check "; "
he wasted his pay on drink "; "
they saved a quarter of all their earnings " [
synonym : {
wage }, {
pay }, {
earnings },
{
remuneration }, {
salary }]
v 1 :
carry on (
wars ,
battles ,
or campaigns ); "
Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe " [
synonym : {
engage },
{
wage }]
Wage \
Wage \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Waged };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Waging }.] [
OE .
wagen ,
OF .
wagier ,
gagier ,
to pledge ,
promise ,
F .
gager to wager ,
lay ,
bet ,
fr .
LL .
wadium a pledge ;
of Teutonic origin ;
cf .
Goth .
wadi a pledge ,
gawadj [=
o ]
n to pledge ,
akin to E .
wed ,
G .
wette a wager .
See {
Wed },
and cf . {
Gage }.]
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1 .
To pledge ;
to hazard on the event of a contest ;
to stake ;
to bet ,
to lay ;
to wager ;
as ,
to wage a dollar . --
Hakluyt .
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My life I never but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies . --
Shak .
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2 .
To expose one '
s self to ,
as a risk ;
to incur ,
as a danger ;
to venture ;
to hazard . "
Too weak to wage an instant trial with the king ." --
Shak .
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To wake and wage a danger profitless . --
Shak .
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3 .
To engage in ,
as a contest ,
as if by previous gage or pledge ;
to carry on ,
as a war .
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[
He pondered ]
which of all his sons was fit To reign and wage immortal war with wit . --
Dryden .
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The two are waging war ,
and the one triumphs by the destruction of the other . --
I .
Taylor .
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4 .
To adventure ,
or lay out ,
for hire or reward ;
to hire out .
[
Obs .] "
Thou . . .
must wage thy works for wealth ."
--
Spenser .
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5 .
To put upon wages ;
to hire ;
to employ ;
to pay wages to .
[
Obs .]
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Abundance of treasure which he had in store ,
wherewith he might wage soldiers . --
Holinshed .
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I would have them waged for their labor . --
Latimer .
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6 . (
O .
Eng .
Law )
To give security for the performance of .
--
Burrill .
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{
To wage battle } (
O .
Eng .
Law ),
to give gage ,
or security ,
for joining in the duellum ,
or combat .
See {
Wager of battel },
under {
Wager },
n . --
Burrill .
{
To wage one '
s law } (
Law ),
to give security to make one '
s law .
See {
Wager of law },
under {
Wager },
n .
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Wage \
Wage \,
v .
i .
To bind one '
s self ;
to engage . [
Obs .]
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Wage \
Wage \,
n . [
OF .
wage ,
gage ,
guarantee ,
engagement .
See {
Wage },
v .
t . ]
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1 .
That which is staked or ventured ;
that for which one incurs risk or danger ;
prize ;
gage . [
Obs .] "
That warlike wage ." --
Spenser .
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2 .
That for which one labors ;
meed ;
reward ;
stipulated payment for service performed ;
hire ;
pay ;
compensation ; --
at present generally used in the plural .
See {
Wages }. "
My day '
s wage ." --
Sir W .
Scott . "
At least I earned my wage ."
--
Thackeray . "
Pay them a wage in advance ." --
J .
Morley .
"
The wages of virtue ." --
Tennyson .
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By Tom Thumb ,
a fairy page ,
He sent it ,
and doth him engage ,
By promise of a mighty wage ,
It secretly to carry . --
Drayton .
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Our praises are our wages . --
Shak .
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Existing legislation on the subject of wages .
--
Encyc .
Brit .
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Note :
Wage is used adjectively and as the first part of compounds which are usually self -
explaining ;
as ,
wage worker ,
or wage -
worker ;
wage -
earner ,
etc .
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{
Board wages }.
See under 1st {
Board }.
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Syn :
Hire ;
reward ;
stipend ;
salary ;
allowance ;
pay ;
compensation ;
remuneration ;
fruit .
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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wage ":
base pay ,
carry on ,
compensation ,
conduct ,
dismissal wage ,
do ,
earnings ,
employ ,
engage in ,
escalator clause ,
escalator plan ,
exercise ,
financial remuneration ,
follow ,
go in for ,
gross income ,
guaranteed annual wage ,
hire ,
income ,
living wage ,
minimum wage ,
net income ,
pay ,
pay and allowances ,
payment ,
payroll ,
portal -
to -
portal pay ,
practice ,
prosecute ,
purchasing power ,
pursue ,
real wages ,
remuneration ,
salary ,
severance pay ,
sliding scale ,
specialize in ,
tackle ,
take on ,
take to ,
take up ,
take -
home ,
take -
home pay ,
taxable income ,
total compensation ,
undertake ,
use ,
wage control ,
wage freeze ,
wage reduction ,
wage rollback ,
wage scale ,
wages ,
wages after deductions ,
wages after taxes ,
work at
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