- wage
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (also wages) nounADJECTIVE▪ competitive (esp. AmE), decent, fair, good, high▪ inadequate, low, meagre/meager (esp. BrE), poverty, small▪
Women's wages were lower than men's.
▪He busked to supplement his meagre wages.
▪ falling, rising▪ annual, daily, hourly, regular, weekly, etc.▪ money▪ nominal, real▪Real wages fell last year, when inflation is taken into account.
▪ basic (esp. BrE), standard▪a basic wage of £100 a week plus tips
▪ livable (esp. AmE), living▪workers fighting for a living wage
▪ minimum▪The Government this week raised the national minimum wage. (esp. BrE)
▪They both work minimum-wage jobs. (esp. AmE)
▪ prevailing (esp. AmE)▪the prevailing wage for construction work is about $9 per hour
▪The prevailing wage is generally determined by local union rates.
▪ average, median (esp. AmE)▪ back, lost, unpaid▪to receive reimbursement for lost wages
VERB + WAGE▪ pay▪ earn, make (esp. AmE)▪She earns a good wage at the factory.
▪15 million Americans make minimum wage.
▪He made a good wage as a trader.
▪ live on▪How can you live on such a low wage?
▪ demand▪Semi-skilled tradesmen began to demand higher wages.
▪ offer▪The store argues that it offers competitive wages.
▪ accept▪ receive▪ determine, set▪Markets set the wages.
▪ increase, push up, raise▪Full employment pushed up wages.
▪ cut, depress (esp. AmE), drive down, force down, hold down, keep down, keep low, lower▪ supplement▪ dock▪They docked his wages for arriving at work two hours late.
WAGE + VERB▪ increase, rise▪ fallWAGE + NOUN▪ earner▪ labour/labor, labourer/laborer (esp. AmE), workers▪ slave (figurative)▪my life as a corporate wage slave
▪ claim▪The union submitted a wage claim for a 9% rise.
▪ bargaining, negotiations▪ agreement, settlement▪ cut, reduction▪ cap, controls, freeze, restraint▪The government promised greater tax cuts in return for continued wage restraints.
▪ explosion, growth (esp. AmE), hike (esp. AmE), increase, inflation, rise (BrE)▪ bill (BrE), costs▪ structure, system▪ rate, scale (esp. AmE)▪ differential (esp. AmE), gap, inequality▪wage differentials between large and small companies
▪the wage gap between men and women
▪ packet (BrE)▪He got his first wage packet at fourteen years old.
PHRASES▪ a cut in wages, a decline in wages, a fall in wages▪ a downward pressure on wages, an upward pressure on wages▪Staff shortages have put an upward pressure on wages.
▪ growth in wages, an increase in wages, a rise in wages (esp. BrE){{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verb
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
