wage
gb/wˈeɪd͡ʒ/ us/wˈeɪd͡ʒ/
A2
Kiingereza
~ 1500
Maana
maana 0
Nomino
A2
entity
1
Money paid for work done
Money that a worker gets regularly for doing a job.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[someone] earns [a wage]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'wage' with 'salary'; 'wage' is often used for hourly or weekly pay, while 'salary' is usually yearly pay.
Visawe
salary (Usually refers to a fixed annual amount, often for professional jobs, not hourly or daily pay.)
Vinyume
unemployment benefits (Payments received when not working, rather than money earned from work.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
minimum wage
|hourly wage
|weekly wage
|living wage
|wage increase
Mada
business
|employment
|economics
|work
|finance
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- The company offers a competitive wage to all employees.
- She earns a higher wage than most of her colleagues.
- Rising living costs mean the minimum wage needs to be increased.
- The strike was over low wages and long hours.
- He took a part-time job with an hourly wage of $15.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I get my wage every Friday.
- Her wage is higher than mine.
- He works hard for his wage.
- They want a better wage.
- The wage is not enough to pay rent.
Kitenzi
B2
action
2
To carry out a war or campaign
To start and continue a fight, war, or effort against something.
Muundo wa matumizi:
to wage [a war/campaign/battle] (against/on [something])
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners may confuse 'wage' as a verb with the noun meaning 'pay'. As a verb, it is almost always used with words like 'war', 'battle', or 'campaign'.
Visawe
conduct (A more formal term for organizing and carrying out an activity such as a war or campaign.)
Vinyume
cease (To stop fighting or end a campaign.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
wage war
|wage battle
|wage campaign
|wage fight
Mada
politics
|conflict
|law
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- The rebels vowed to wage war until their demands were met.
- They are waging a campaign against corruption.
- The country is waging a battle on poverty.
- Activists waged a long struggle for equal rights.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The army will wage war on the enemy.
- They wage a fight against crime.
- We wage a campaign for cleaner air.
- The group wages war on drugs.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
wage
IPA
GB/wˈeɪd͡ʒ/
US/wˈeɪd͡ʒ/
Silabi na mkazo
wage (silabi 1)
Stress on 1st syllable (wage)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: wage
- Plural: wages
Verb
- Base: wage
- 3rd Person Singular: wages
- Present Participle: waging
- Past: waged
Familia ya neno
Semi
living wage
1/lˈɪvɪŋ wˈeɪd͡ʒ/
fixed phrase
Pay enough for basic needs
An amount of money someone needs to earn to pay for basic living costs like food and housing.
Mifano
- Campaigners are calling for a living wage for all workers.
- He earns well above the living wage.
wage war
1/wˈeɪd͡ʒ wˈɔɹ/
fixed phrase
Start and continue armed conflict
To fight in a war or try very hard to stop or change something.
Mifano
- The two nations decided to wage war after months of tension.
- Environmental groups are waging war on pollution.
minimum wage
1/mˈɪnəməm wˈeɪd͡ʒ/
fixed phrase
Lowest legal pay per hour
The smallest amount of money per hour that a worker can be paid by law.
Mifano
- The government raised the minimum wage to help low-income workers.
- Many workers earn only the minimum wage.
- Many workers earn just the minimum wage.
- The government will increase the minimum wage next year.