What is the meaning of wages?

noun

  • Something that remunerates.
    • usage: "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
  • A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.
    • usage: "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"

verb

  • Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns. )
    • usage: "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
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