wage
gb/wˈeɪd͡ʒ/ us/wˈeɪd͡ʒ/
A2
Ingles
~ 1500
Mga kahulugan
0 kahulugan
Pangngalan
A2
entity
1
Money paid for work done
Money that a worker gets regularly for doing a job.
Padron ng paggamit:
[someone] earns [a wage]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes confuse 'wage' with 'salary'; 'wage' is often used for hourly or weekly pay, while 'salary' is usually yearly pay.
Mga kasingkahulugan
salary (Usually refers to a fixed annual amount, often for professional jobs, not hourly or daily pay.)
Mga kasalungat
unemployment benefits (Payments received when not working, rather than money earned from work.)
Mga kolokasyon
minimum wage
|hourly wage
|weekly wage
|living wage
|wage increase
Mga tema
business
|employment
|economics
|work
|finance
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- 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.
Pandiwa
B2
action
2
To carry out a war or campaign
To start and continue a fight, war, or effort against something.
Padron ng paggamit:
to wage [a war/campaign/battle] (against/on [something])
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
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'.
Mga kasingkahulugan
conduct (A more formal term for organizing and carrying out an activity such as a war or campaign.)
Mga kasalungat
cease (To stop fighting or end a campaign.)
Mga kolokasyon
wage war
|wage battle
|wage campaign
|wage fight
Mga tema
politics
|conflict
|law
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- 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.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
wage
IPA
GB/wˈeɪd͡ʒ/
US/wˈeɪd͡ʒ/
Mga pantig at diin
wage (1 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (wage)
Mga anyo ng salita
Noun
- Base: wage
- Plural: wages
Verb
- Base: wage
- 3rd Person Singular: wages
- Present Participle: waging
- Past: waged
Mga kaugnay na salita
Mga ekspresyon
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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.