Definitions for wages

Overview of noun wages

The noun wages has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) wages, reward, payoff

(a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward")

Overview of noun wage

The noun wage has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (70) wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary

(something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings")

Overview of verb wage

The verb wage has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (9) engage, wage

(carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe")