Betekenis van wage In het Nederlands

• 0 a particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength, rather than a job needing a college education:

  • a very low/high wage

  • an hourly/daily/weekly/annual wage

  • He gets/earns/is paid a good wage, because he works for a fair employer.

  • The job pays very low wages.

• 1 to fight a war or organize a series of activities in order to achieve something:

  • Doesn't the president need Congress' permission to wage war on another country?

  • They've been waging a long campaign to change the law.

• 2 an amount of money that is paid to an employee, esp. for each hour worked:

  • an hourly wage

• 3 to begin and continue a war, a fight, or a plan to achieve something:

  • A desperate medical battle is being waged against the virus.

• 4 an amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee for their work:

  • a daily/hourly/weekly wage This deal represents an hourly wage rate of $9.83.

  • a high/low wage We pay the highest wages of any theatrical employer in the world.

  • earn/get a wage Some college education is required to earn a decent wage in the United States.

  • a wage cut/increase/rise The employees accepted a 4% wage rise.

  • If you are a good employer, you will pay a fair wage.

  • His 15 stores employ 200 workers at an average wage of $7.40 an hour.

  • fair/good/low wages They provided fair wages and steady jobs.