wage
/weɪdʒ/noun
उच्चारण वेज
मज़दूरी, पारिश्रमिक
Basic word
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[C, usually sing.]
a regular amount of money that you earn, usually every week or every day, for work or services
मज़दूरी, पारिश्रमिक
- the minimum wage
- daily wages
- Workers demanded a fair wage for their hard work.
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- He earns a daily wage of five hundred rupees.
- Wages have not kept pace with the rising prices.
Synonyms pay earnings salary remuneration stipend
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[T] ~ sth (against/on sb/sth)
to begin and continue a war, a battle or a campaign
(युद्ध, अभियान) छेड़ना
- to wage war against poverty
- The government decided to wage a campaign against plastic waste.
- The army waged a long war for control of the valley.
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- Doctors have been waging a battle against the disease for years.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the pay words: wage (daily or weekly), salary (monthly), fee, stipend, honorarium.
भुगतान के शब्द याद रखिए: wage (दैनिक या साप्ताहिक), salary (मासिक), fee, stipend, honorarium।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Wage war (on or against sth) (start and continue a war or campaign: 'wage war against corruption'), minimum wage, daily wage earner, wage gap.
Collocation बहुत पूछा जाता है: wage war (on या against sth) (युद्ध या अभियान शुरू करके जारी रखना, छेड़ना: 'wage war against corruption'), minimum wage (न्यूनतम मज़दूरी), daily wage earner (दिहाड़ी मज़दूर), wage gap।
'The wages of sin is death' (from the Bible).
कहावत 'The wages of sin is death' (Bible से)।
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General knowledge
The Code on Wages, 2019 combines four older labour laws on wages; MGNREGA (2005) guarantees 100 days of wage employment a year to rural households.
वेतन संहिता, 2019 मज़दूरी पर चार पुराने श्रम कानूनों को मिलाती है; मनरेगा (2005) ग्रामीण परिवारों को वर्ष में 100 दिन का मज़दूरी रोज़गार सुनिश्चित करता है।