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  • plural of wage.
  • present tense form of wage (3rd person singular).
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wages

NOUN
payment for work
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Antonyms


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Despite not being able to match certain wages abroad, the All Blacks have a strict policy that you must play in New Zealand to be considered for international selection.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Adjusted for inflation, median weekly wages have risen 5% over the period, data from the Federal Reserve shows.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Even the fluffy rom-coms are steeped in real life’s anxieties about the social and political, the wars and the wages.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

If the bonus is repaid after it has already been included in taxable wages, the tax consequences can be more complicated.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

He would take half a week’s wages and go out and buy something he wanted, or something he thought she wanted.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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