wage

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wage
[weɪdʒ]
sustantivo
1(pay)
  • wage(s) -> salario (m) , sueldo (m)
  • daily wage -> jornal (m)
  • wage claim -> reivindicación (f) salarial
  • wage cut -> recorte (m) salarial
  • wage differential -> diferencia (f) salarial
  • wage earner -> asalariado(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino)
  • wage freeze -> congelación (f) salarial
  • wage packet -> sobre (m) de la paga; (envelope) salario (m) (money)
verbo transitivo
también:
  • to wage war (on) -> librar una guerra (contra)
  • to wage a campaign against smoking -> emprender una campaña contra el tabaco

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wage [ueich]
sustantivo
1Paga por algún servicio, comúnmente en plural.
2Prenda.
  • Wage-earner -> wage-worker, trabajador, jornalero, el que trabaja por un jornal
3Salario, sueldo.
V. WAGES.
1Hacer emprender con vigor, sostener (to carry on, engage).
  • To wage war -> hacer guerra
2Preparar la alfarería, amasándola o trabajándola.
  • To wage one’s law -> se llama así en la jurisprudencia inglesa el derecho que tiene cualquier persona ejecutada por deudas, de presentarse al tribunal para probar que no debe el todo o parte de lo que se le pide
va.

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wage [weɪdʒ]
noun
1 (rate per week, year etc) sueldo; (m) salario; (m)
our wages are not keeping pace with inflation the national average wage is £14,804 a year ... where wages are half the national average the average wage for a factory worker
a basic wage of £55 a week un sueldo salario base de 55 libras semanales;or
the average wage is around 5,000 roubles a month on top of this basic wage, allowances are given if the soldier is married if you had paid us a decent wage, I would never have joined up
he gets a good wage gana un buen sueldo
his wages have gone up her wage is her wages are £150 per week in addition to my weekly wage, I got a lot of tips wages are rising faster than pensions I used to earn three times the average weekly wage it suits them to work for an hourly wage
those on high/low wages las personas que ganan sueldos salarios altos/bajos;or
the problems of bringing up children [on] a high/low wage they work long hours for low wages
minimum wage salario mínimo
this may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line real wages are lower than they were in the early 1980s the EEF warned that real wages were rising faster than productivity a time of slow growth and declining real wages real wages have again lagged behind in Britain
living
2 wages (money received) paga; (f) sueldo; (m)
I've lost two days' wages he lost his week's wages in a bet his week's wages
a day's wages la paga el sueldo de un día;or (Agr) un jornal; I get my wages on Fridays me pagan los viernes
the workers were lining up to get their day's wages
the wages of sin is death el pecado se paga con la muerte
verb:transitive
[+war] hacer; [+campaign] llevar a cabo; hacer
the government is waging psychological warfare to demoralize its opponents they waged a bloody campaign to win control of parts of Bosnia a major campaign is being waged to warn children of the dangers of drugs Clinton and Gore say they intend to wage a vigorous campaign for minority support
to wage war against on sbor hacer la guerra a algn
to wage war [against] [on] sth
to wage war against on inflationor luchar contra la inflación; hacer la guerra a la inflación
naval and ground forces waged six separate battles for Guadalcanal the country's capacity to wage war with weapons of mass destruction the government, along with the three factions that had been waging a civil war, signed a peace agreement the problem of how to wage a land war in Central Asia the Soviet Union was not yet in a position to wage war against Germany warlords in southern and central Somalia continue to wage war on each other banks are right to wage war on credit card fraudsters he is waging a campaign of fear against his rivals the Kremlin is waging a heavy propaganda campaign to support its reforms
modifier
wage agreement (n) convenio salarial; (m)
one of the functions of union officials is to make wage agreements with the bosses today's public sector wage agreement is not expected to end the growing labor unrest government representatives are trying to negotiate a wage agreement
wage bill (n) gastos de nómina; (m) gastos salariales; (m)
wage claim (n) (Britain) reivindicación salarial; (f)
workers are being told to keep wage claims down they recently put in a 5 per cent wage claim
wage clerk (n)
wages clerk See culture box in entry wage.
wage contract (n)
wage agreement See culture box in entry wage.
wage costs (n) costes del factor trabajo; (m)
companies pass on higher wage costs in their finished product the government will throw in Pounds 149 million more to help meet NHS wage costs
wage demand (n) reivindicación salarial; (f)
wage differential (n) diferencia salarial; (f)
negotiations between the government and the Public Workers Union broke down last week over a less than /a 1 percent wage differential/ these rates did accurately reflect the prevailing wage differential in private industry diferencial $ de salarios the exposé of company directors' pay rises puts the old problem of wage drift in the shade
wage earner (n) asalariadoaasalariada;a asalariada (m) (f)
we are both wage earners los dos somos asalariados; she is the family wage earner ella es la que mantiene a la familia
he was always a good wage earner
wage freeze (n) congelación salarial; (f)
they accepted a voluntary wage freeze for up to three years the government has imposed a wage freeze for all public sector workers
wage increase (n) aumento salarial; (m)
the contract provides for an annual wage increase in line with inflation inflationary wage increases personal $ a jornal slavery, bonded labour, or free wage labour cash which had been earned through wage labour as migrant or seasonal workers the antagonism between capital and wage labour
wage levels (n) salarios; (m) niveles salariales; (m)
their increasing wealth forces up wage levels and turns investment away it depends on workers' readiness to accept low wage levels
wage negotiations (n) negociaciones salariales; (f)
the current round of wage negotiations wage negotiations with the two unions broke down today government officials today agreed to resume wage negotiations with striking unions
wage packet (n) especially (Britain) (envelope with pay) sobre de la paga; (m) paga; (f)
he brings home a fat wage packet it helps with two wage packets coming in it makes a big hole in your monthly wage packet sharp devaluations pushed up import prices, and fuelled wage-price spirals the company's workers are currently getting 60% of their normal wage rate the wage rate of unskilled labour his government imposed minimum wage rates and limits to working hours
wage restraint (n) moderación salarial; (f)
wage restraint is necessary if South Africa is to be competitive union leaders remained unconvinced by calls for wage restraint John Major's plea for wage restraint
wage rise (n) aumento salarial; (m)
wages bill (n)
the increase adds Pounds 5.5 million to the Government wages bill delegates hit out at the Pounds 711,000 annual wages bill for the Union's 46 staff
wage bill See culture box in entry wage.
wage scale (n) escala salarial; (f)
people at the upper end of the wage scale did better a two-tier wage scale that would pay less to new employees
wages clerk (n) habilitadoahabilitada;a habilitada (m) (f)
three /armed robbers ambushed a wages clerk/ and stole a penny - that was all she had
wage settlement (n) acuerdo salarial; (m)
they are threatening to strike if they don't get a better wage settlement
wage slave (informal) (n) currante; (informal) (m)
the wage slaves who make up the majority of the country's population I don't intend to be a wage slave for the rest of my life
wage slip (n) nómina; (f) hoja salarial; (f)
I opened my wage slip at the end of the month you will need to produce your contract of employment and /your last three wage slips/
wages snatch (n) robo de nóminas; (m)
two men were shot in /a bungled wages snatch/ outside a supermarket yesterday /they had earlier carried out a Pounds 6,000 wages snatch/ in Birmingham's city centre
wage talks (n) negociaciones salariales; (f)
the two sides resumed wage talks today eleventh-hour wage talks between employers and the metal workers union have resulted in agreement
wage worker (n) (US) asalariadoaasalariada;a asalariada (m) (f)
women who end up as as both domestic and wage workers villages from which wage workers commute

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Verb Conjugation for "wage"

Imperative
  • wage
  • you wage
  • he/she wages
  • we wage
  • you wage
  • they wage
Preterite
  • I waged
  • you waged
  • he/she waged
  • we waged
  • you waged
  • they waged
Present Continuous
  • I am waging
  • you are waging
  • he/she is waging
  • we are waging
  • you are waging
  • they are waging
Present Perfect
  • I have waged
  • you have waged
  • he/she has waged
  • we have waged
  • you have waged
  • they have waged
Past Continuous
  • I was waging
  • you were waging
  • he/she was waging
  • we were waging
  • you were waging
  • they were waging
Past Perfect
  • I had waged
  • you had waged
  • he/she had waged
  • we had waged
  • you had waged
  • they had waged
Future
  • I will wage
  • you will wage
  • he/she will wage
  • we will wage
  • you will wage
  • they will wage
Future Perfect
  • I will have waged
  • you will have waged
  • he/she will have waged
  • we will have waged
  • you will have waged
  • they will have waged
Future Continuous
  • I will be waging
  • you will be waging
  • he/she will be waging
  • we will be waging
  • you will be waging
  • they will be waging
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been waging
  • you have been waging
  • he/she has been waging
  • we have been waging
  • you have been waging
  • they have been waging
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been waging
  • you will have been waging
  • he/she will have been waging
  • we will have been waging
  • you will have been waging
  • they will have been waging
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been waging
  • you had been waging
  • he/she had been waging
  • we had been waging
  • you had been waging
  • they had been waging
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