Definition of "wage" in English

noun

1. (often in plural) 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. (transitive, obsolete) To wager, bet.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To employ for wages; to hire.

4. (transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).

5. (transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.

6. (obsolete, law, UK) To give security for the performance of.