Word Meaning

Meaning of wages

- To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
- To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
- To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
- To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
- To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
- To give security for the performance of.
- To bind one's self; to engage.
- That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
- That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
- A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.

Crossword clue for wages

- Carry on (war)
- Employee’s pay
- Fringe benefit
- Pay
- Regular payment for work
- Remuneration
- Carries on about salary
- Carries on payment
- Earnings
- Hard-earned cash
- Head waiter takes a long time to get pay
- Money for workers
- Monthly pay
- Pay
- Pay packets
- Salaries
- Salary
- Weekly pay
- Work (dough)