■ noun (also ~s )
1》 a fixed regular payment for work, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis.
↘( ~s ) Economics the part of total production that is the return to labour as earned income as distinct from the remuneration received by capital as unearned income.
2》 the result or effect of doing something wrong or unwise: the ~s of sin.
■ verb carry on (a war or campaign).
Derivatives
~d adjective
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. and Old North. Fr., of Gmc origin; related to gage 1 and wed .