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Definition wage in American English

wage noun

[countable] noun
/weɪdʒ/
1

an amount of money that you earn for working, usually according to how many hours or days you work each week or month

Example

daily/hourly/weekly wage

Example

They're protesting about low wages.

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1.1

relating to wages

Example

The union demanded a four percent wage increase.

Example

Wage levels in manufacturing and mining dropped again last month.

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Definition wage in American English