n.
(
also wages)
- a fixed regular payment for work, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis.
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(wages)
Economics the part of total production that is the return to labour as earned income as distinct from the remuneration received by capital as unearned income.
- the result or effect of doing something wrong or unwise:
the wages of sin.
v.
carry on (a war or campaign).
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. and Old North. Fr., of Gmc origin; rel. to gage1 and wed.