Wage vs Dividend - What's the difference?
wage | dividend |
An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually expressed on an hourly basis.
To wager, bet.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:My life I never held but as a pawn / To wage against thy enemies.
:(Hakluyt)
To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:too weak to wage an instant trial with the king
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:to wake and wage a danger profitless
To employ for wages; to hire.
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*:Thenne said Arthur I wille goo with yow / Nay said the kynges ye shalle not at this tyme / for ye haue moche to doo yet in these landes / therfore we wille departe / and with the grete goodes that we haue goten in these landes by youre yeftes we shalle wage good knyghtes & withstande the kynge Claudas malyce
*(Raphael Holinshed) (1529-1580)
*:abundance of treasure which he had in store, wherewith he might wage soldiers
(label) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:[He pondered] which of all his sons was fit / To reign and wage immortal war with wit.
*(Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)
*:The two are waging war, and the one triumphs by the destruction of the other.
(label) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:Thoumust wage thy works for wealth.
To give security for the performance of.
:(Burrill)
(arithmetic) A number or expression that is to be divided by another.
(finance) A pro rata payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually).
As nouns the difference between wage and dividend
is that wage is an amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually expressed on an hourly basis while dividend is a number or expression that is to be divided by another.As a verb wage
is to wager, bet.wage
English
(wikipedia wage)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from . Akin to (etyl) '''' "to pledge", (etyl) ''wadi''. Compare also the doublet ''gage . More at wed. Possible contributory etylomolgy from from the Old English wæge (meaning "weight," as wages at times have been goods or coin measured on a scale).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* earnings, pay, salaryDerived terms
* hourly wage * lost wages * wage moderation * wage scaleEtymology 2
From (etyl) intermediate *''wadiare'' from *''wadium .Verb
(wag)Usage notes
* "Wage" collocates strongly with "war", leading to expressions such as To wage peace'', or ''To wage football implying the inclusion of a large element of conflict in the action.Derived terms
* (agent noun)dividend
English
(wikipedia dividend)Noun
(en noun)- In "42 ÷ 3" the dividend is the 42.