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As nouns the difference between wage and salad

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 salad is a food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

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)
  • An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually expressed on an hourly basis.
  • Synonyms
    * earnings, pay, salary
    Derived terms
    * hourly wage * lost wages * wage moderation * wage scale

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) intermediate *''wadiare'' from *''wadium .

    Verb

    (wag)
  • 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.
  • *:
  • *: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)
  • 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)

    salad

    English

    (wikipedia salad)

    Alternative forms

    * sallet

    Noun

  • A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
  • A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
  • Derived terms

    * caesar salad salad created by restaurateur Caesar Cardini * corn salad * egg salad * fruit salad * garden salad * Greek salad * * pasta salad * potato salad * salad bar * salad days * salad dodger * salad dressing * salad oil * seafood salad * Serbo-Croatian salad * Shopska salad * tomato salad salad made with tomatoes * tuna salad salad made with tuna * Waldorf salad salad made with celery, apples and walnuts * Watergate salad

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