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wage

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Noun

  1. An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
    • Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.

Verb

  1. To wager, bet.
  2. To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
  3. To employ for wages; to hire.
  4. To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
  5. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
  6. To give security for the performance of.

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