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adjective
Date: 15th century
compensated by wages <waged workers> <waged labor>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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waged — Ⅰ. waged UK US /weɪdʒd/ adjective UK ► paid regularly for work: »waged employees/labourers ► used to describe work that a person is paid to do: »waged employment/jobs Ⅱ. waged UK US /weɪdʒd/ noun ● … Financial and business terms
waged — [weıdʒd] adj 1.) waged work or employment is work for which you get paid ≠ ↑unwaged 2.) someone who is waged has a job for which they earn money ≠ ↑unwaged … Dictionary of contemporary English
waged — [[t]we͟ɪʤd[/t]] 1) Waged is the past tense and past participle of wage. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n Waged workers receive money regularly for doing a job. Waged work is work that you are paid to do. ...the influx of women into the waged workforce... They… … English dictionary
Waged — Wage Wage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waging}.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge, promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge, gawadj[=o]n to pledge, akin… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
waged — wage ► NOUN (also wages) 1) a fixed regular payment for work, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis. 2) the result or effect of doing something wrong or unwise: the wages of sin. ► VERB ▪ carry on (a war or campaign). DERIVATIVES waged… … English terms dictionary
waged — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of wagen to engage, employ more at wage : receiving wages : hired large plots of ground at economic rents, and decently waged people paying them John Galsworthy … Useful english dictionary
waged — weɪdÊ’ n. salary, payment, earnings; just recompense (Literary) v. engage in, conduct (war, battle) … English contemporary dictionary
waged — UK [weɪdʒd] / US adjective British used for describing a person who earns money regularly for work that they do … English dictionary
waged a struggle — fought, wrestled … English contemporary dictionary
waged war against — went out to war against, declared war with, started to fight, began with actions against … English contemporary dictionary
