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wage

noun
  1. Payment for work done: compensation, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, pay, remuneration, salary, stipend. See pay
  2. Something justly deserved. Often used in plural: comeuppance, desert 2 (often used in plural), due, guerdon, recompense, reward. Informal: lump 1 (used in plural). Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See reward
verb
To engage in (a war or campaign, for example): carry on, carry out, conduct. See do

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