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Word entry · 4 letters

wage

Best crossword clue

"Pay for work"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /weɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aegwStarts with WEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

Word origin

From Middle English wagen (“to pledge”), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wagier, a northern variant of Old French guagier (whence modern French gager), itself either from guage or from a derivative of Frankish *waddī, possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *wadiō from *wadium (see the noun above). See Medieval Latin wadiō and wadium for more.

Used in a sentence

  • Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.
  • My life I never held but as a pawn / To wage against thine enemies
  • I fear the power of Percy is too weak / To wage an instant trial with the King.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Pay for work4 letters
02Worker's pay4 letters

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