wage

English

/weɪd͡ʒ/

noun
Definitions
  • (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.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English wage derived from wage derived from wage derived from Old French gauge derived from Latin wadium derived from Frankish *waddī, *wadi (wager, stake, pledge) derived from Proto-Germanic *wadją (pledge, guarantee) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail), *wedʰ- (lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wedʰ-

Gloss

lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

鉛

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