ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WAGE
From Old Northern French wagier to pledge, from wage, of Germanic origin; compare Old English weddian to pledge, wed.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WAGE
PRESENT
Present
I wage
you wage
he/she/it wages
we wage
you wage
they wage
Present continuous
I am waging
you are waging
he/she/it is waging
we are waging
you are waging
they are waging
Present perfect
I have waged
you have waged
he/she/it has waged
we have waged
you have waged
they have waged
Present perfect continuous
I have been waging
you have been waging
he/she/it has been waging
we have been waging
you have been waging
they have been waging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I waged
you waged
he/she/it waged
we waged
you waged
they waged
Past continuous
I was waging
you were waging
he/she/it was waging
we were waging
you were waging
they were waging
Past perfect
I had waged
you had waged
he/she/it had waged
we had waged
you had waged
they had waged
Past perfect continuous
I had been waging
you had been waging
he/she/it had been waging
we had been waging
you had been waging
they had been waging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will wage
you will wage
he/she/it will wage
we will wage
you will wage
they will wage
Future continuous
I will be waging
you will be waging
he/she/it will be waging
we will be waging
you will be waging
they will be waging
Future perfect
I will have waged
you will have waged
he/she/it will have waged
we will have waged
you will have waged
they will have waged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been waging
you will have been waging
he/she/it will have been waging
we will have been waging
you will have been waging
they will have been waging
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would wage
you would wage
he/she/it would wage
we would wage
you would wage
they would wage
Conditional continuous
I would be waging
you would be waging
he/she/it would be waging
we would be waging
you would be waging
they would be waging
Conditional perfect
I would have wage
you would have wage
he/she/it would have wage
we would have wage
you would have wage
they would have wage
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been waging
you would have been waging
he/she/it would have been waging
we would have been waging
you would have been waging
they would have been waging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you wage
we let´s wage
you wage
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
waging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «WAGE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
wage.
It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords, pop-guns and bows and arrows. They take food with them, and go off to wage war.
It's a tragedy, but with your support and your help we will wage this fight and we're going to win it.
Some Western demographers have posited, due to the female shortage created by the one-child policy, that China will be forced to field a vast force - as in tens of millions strong - of wifeless men who'll gladly wage wars around the planet to burn off all those unrequited hormones.
Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
We will never have real safety and security for wage earners unless we provide for safety and security for the wage payers and wage savers.
Similarly, today, we do not know what will happen as we wage the War on Terror. We do know that we can count on the strong support from our closest ally and friend in the world in winning this war to secure our freedoms and the freedoms for all peoples throughout the world.
Cameras help to minimize collateral damage, and very often, without a camera a missile cannot fire. Certainly, without a camera a drone can't function, which means that the very ways in which we wage war are determined in part by how cameras work and whether they work at all.
6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage.
The market tends to pay as a wage what an individual laborer is worth. But the case last studied suggests the question how accurately the law operates in practice. May it not be an honest law, but be so vitiated in its working as to give a dishonest result?
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAGE»
Discover the use of
wage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
wage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fighting for a Living
Wage
This book is not a simple celebration of the living wage movement, but a critical evaluation in which Stephanie Luce, a national expert on living wage campaigns, assesses the strengths and shortcomings of various campaigns and their ...
2
Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum
Wage
This pathbreaking book suggests that economists know less about what the invisible hand is up to than they let on.
3
Wage Dispersion: Why are Similar Workers Paid Differently?
A theoretical and empirical examination of wage differentials findsthat traditional theories of competition do not explain why workers with identical skills are paid differently.
4
The Politics of the Minimum
Wage
" "Positioning the minimum wage as a fulcrum for the most basic conflict underlying America's unique combination of democracy and a market economy, The Politics of the Minimum Wage shows how a defense of the minimum wage built on a communal ...
5
The Quest for a Living
Wage: The History of the Federal ...
...discussion of the long history of governmental action to produce a fair, equitable method of ensuring a living wage...
6
How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-
Wage ...
Assessing the costs of higher education's corporatization on faculty and students at every level, How the University Works is urgent reading for anyone interested in the fate of the university.
Marc Bousquet, Cary Nelson, 2008
7
A Living
Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer ...
The labor movement's response to wages shows how American workers negotiated the transition from artisan to consumer, opening up new political possibilities for organized workers and creating contradictions that continue to haunt the labor ...
Lawrence B. Glickman, 1999
8
The Fundamentals of Minimum
Wage Fixing
This manual draws on the ILO's comprehensive database containing the principal legal provisions and minimum wage fixing mechanisms in 100 countries.
François Eyraud, Catherine Saget, 2005
9
Out to Work: A History of
Wage-Earning Women in the United ...
First published in 1982, this pioneering work traces the transformation of "women's work" into wage labor in the United States, identifying the social, economic, and ideological forces that have shaped our expectations of what women do.
Alice Kessler-Harris, 2003
10
Efficiency
Wage Models of the Labor Market
The contributors explore the reasons why involuntary unemployment happens when supply equals demand.
George A. Akerlof, Janet L. Yellen, 1986
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAGE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
wage is used in the context of the following news items.
New York Plans $15-an-Hour Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers
The labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three years ago has led to higher wages for workers all across the country. «New York Times, Jul 15»
University of California System Set to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 …
LOS ANGELES — The University of California system will raise the minimum wage for its employees and contract workers to $15 an hour, university officials ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
National Living Wage: Six things you must know after today's budget
The government argues that a lower wage must apply to younger people in order for them to "secure work and gain experience" and to "maximise the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Everything You Need To Know About L.A.'s Record-Setting Wage …
We've all been known to stretch our paychecks to the extreme, but there's only so far a stub can go before it breaks — especially when it's made of wages that ... «Refinery29, Jun 15»
Minimum wage protesters demand $15 an hour at McDonald's …
Antione Heron said young men and women can't build themselves up when low wages bring them down. He worked for a McDonald's in Washington, D.C., ... «WLS-TV, May 15»
Los Angeles Lifts Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour
LOS ANGELES — The nation's second-largest city voted Tuesday to increase its minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 an hour by 2020, in what is perhaps the ... «New York Times, May 15»
Minimum wage protests in Chicago draw thousands
The effort has long been led by fast food employees who say they deserve a living wage of at least $15 an hour. They have walked off the job dozens of times in ... «WLS-TV, Apr 15»
One Company's New Minimum Wage: $70000 a Year
Mr. Price, who started the Seattle-based credit-card payment processing firm in 2004 at the age of 19, said he would pay for the wage increases by cutting his ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
While Pay Holds Steady For Most, Low-Wage Workers Get A Boost
The vast majority of U.S. workers haven't seen any real wage gains since the recession. But that's starting to change, at least for low-income workers. This week ... «NPR, Apr 15»
Jeb Bush Calls For The Elimination Of The Federal Minimum Wage
“I think state minimum wages are fine. The federal government shouldn't be doing this.” He went on, “The federal government doing this will make it harder and ... «ThinkProgress, Mar 15»
