n.
Pronunciation: ' w ā j
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, pledge, recompense, from Anglo-French wage, gage, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wetti pledge ― more at WED
Date: 14th century
1 a : a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis ― often used in plural b plural : the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production
2 : RECOMPENSE , REWARD ― usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction <the wage s of sin is death ― Roman 6:23 (RSV)>
– wage · less \ ' w ā j-l ə s \ adjective