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WAGES

Pronunciation (US):

• WAGES (noun)
The noun WAGES has 1 sense:

1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

Familiarity information: WAGES used as a noun is very rare.

• WAGES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

reward; wages; payoff

Context examples:

the wages of sin is death / virtue is its own reward

Hypernyms ("wages" is a kind of...):

aftermath; consequence (the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual)

"There's always a deep breath before a plunge."
(English proverb)
"There is no winter for who has remained in his mother's womb"
(Breton proverb)
"Plant each day and you will eat."
(Arabic proverb)
"Even if a monkey wears a golden ring, it is and remains an ugly thing."
(Dutch proverb)

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