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How to spell wage

hear itwage/weɪdʒ/nounLong vowels

What it means: Money paid for work done.

In a sentence: The farmer receives a wage for all his hard work.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as waige or weig.

Same family: waged, waging, war, campaign, conflict. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb 'wage' comes from an Old North French word meaning 'to pledge or promise.' Over time, its meaning shifted from making a pledge to actively carrying on a war, battle, or campaign.

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