Dictionary entry

Wage

Pronunciation: /weɪdʒ/

Pronunciation

/weɪdʒ/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) လုပ်အားခ။ (v) (စစ်ပွဲ၊တိုက်ပွဲ) ဆင်နွဲသည်။

Definition

wage 1 /weÇdʒ/ n လုပ္အားခ။ လုပ္ခ။ wages of £200 a week/a weekly wage of £200 ❍ Wages are paid on Fridays. ❍ Tax and insurance are deducted from your wages. ❍ a wage increase/rise of 3%. ❍ INCOME See also LIVING WAGE, MINIMUM WAGE Compare SALARY ❏ wage-claim n လုပ္ခတိုးေတာင္းျခင္း။ Compare PAY-CLAIM ❏ wage-earner n လုပ္ခစား။ We have two wage-earners in the family. ❏ wage freeze n လုပ္ခတိုးျမႇင့္မႈ ရပ္ဆိုင္းထားျခင္း။ The staff have agreed to a voluntary wage freeze. ❏ wage-packet n = PAY-PACKET wage 2 /weÇdʒ/ v ~ sth (against/on sth) (စစ္ပြဲ၊ တိုက္ပြဲ စသည္) ဆင္ႏႊဲသည္။ wage war (against/on a neighbouring country) ❍ wage a campaign against sex discrimination.

Examples

  1. Daily/hourly/weekly wage
  2. They’re protesting about low wages.
  3. [wage rise/increase] : The union demanded a four per cent wage increase.
  4. [wage rates/levels] : Wage levels in manufacturing and mining dropped again last month.