Synonym: carry on, compensation, conduct, engage in, exercise, follow, pay, payment, practice, pursue, remuneration, salary. Similar words: New Age, wagon, age, page, rage, cage, eager, agent. Meaning: [weɪdʒ] n. something that remunerates. v. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns).
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91. He criticized such right-wing nostrums as wage freezes or cuts in public spending.
92. She is responsible for the determination of wage levels within this company.
93. Some workers are legally employed, but the majority work unofficially with neither health nor wage security.
94. The Government has imposed a wage freeze/a freeze on wage increases.
95. A wage rise of 5% represents an annual increase of 250 for the lowest-paid workers.
96. The government are to step up their attempt to wage war against/on drugs. Sentencedict.com
97. She got £25 in cash in her first wage packet.
98. The union scored a triumph in negotiating a minimum wage within the industry.
99. He has shown himself to be a canny operator in wage negotiations.
100. A wage freeze was imposed on all staff earlier this month.
101. Deadlock over wage levels has prevented an agreement being reached.
102. Several hundreds of office workers in that company walked off their jobs in a wage dispute.
103. The wage increases agreed in January are to be backdated to October last year.
104. How can I keep a family on such a miserable wage?
105. The bargain they reached with their employers was to reduce their wage claim in return for a shorter working week.
106. In addition to my weekly wage[sentencedict.com], I got a lot of tips.
107. Many farmers have to depend on subsidies to make a living wage.
108. Wage increases were eaten up by the rise in the cost of living.
109. The workers demanded the same wage and the same treatment! There must be no discrimination.
110. The government's new law on wage and price control is diluted with exceptions.
111. He got his first wage packet at fourteen years old.
112. They will react with hostility to the price rises and calls for equivalent wage increases are bound to be heard.
113. The outcomeof these wage talks is seen as a test case for future pay negotiations.
114. Micky had a rip-roaring time spending his first wage packet.
115. The senator introduced a bill that would increase the minimum wage.
116. During the recession, the government opted for a policy of pay/wage restraint rather than a reduction in public investment.
117. If prices rise and the nominal wage remains constant, the real wage falls.
118. Employers will use this agreement as a test in dealing with future wage claims.
119. The management has put a reasonable wage offer on the table, so it's up to the unions to decide whether to accept it.
120. He does make a living wage but only by working 72 hours a week.