Plural of wage
regular plural
The plural of wage is wages.
Forms of wage
| Singular | wage /weɪd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wages /ˈweɪd͡ʒɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Wages in a sentence
- Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.
- This follows some heady gains in hourly wages for retail workers.From the entry heady
- The employer paid a back payment to his employee on his wages from three months earlier.From the entry back payment
- Increasing prices and frozen wages add up to hardship for the poorer families.From the entry add up to
- We touched on the subject of wages, but we didn't reach a conclusion.From the entry touch on
Meaning of wage
- noun An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
- verb To wager, bet.
- verb To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
Questions about the plural of wage
- What is the plural of wage?
- The plural of wage is wages.
- Is wage countable?
- Wage is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wage (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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