wages

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Noun

Singular wage

Plural wages

1. (uncountable) (plural only) Your wages are the sums of money paid to you for your work.
   • Synonyms: compensation, earnings and salary

   The wages and benefits at my new job are a big step up from being a student.

   As of the end of 2018, average wages in the U.K. remain well below their 2007 peak.

2. The plural form of wage; more than one (kind of) wage.
3. (uncountable) (plural only) The wages of sin, fear, war, guilt, etc. are the bad that happens as a result.
   • Synonym: deserts

   The wages of sin is death.

Verb

Plain form wage

Third-person singular wages

Past tense waged

Past participle waged

Present participle waging

1. The third-person singular form of wage.