wages
賃金
解説 Definition
wages は wage（賃金）の複数形です。時間給や日給など、働いたことに対して支払われるお金を指すことが多く、salary より現場の労働報酬に使われやすい語です。
Wages are payments received in return for work, often calculated by the hour, day, or week. The plural form is especially common when discussing workers’ regular earnings, pay levels, or changes in compensation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
wages は wage の規則的な複数形で、語尾に -s を付け、発音は /ˈweɪdʒɪz/ と一音節増えます。raise wages「賃金を上げる」、weekly wages「週給」の組み合わせで定着させましょう。salary が月給・年俸など固定給に多いのに対し、wages は時間や日単位の労働への支払いに特によく使われます。
Wages is the regular plural of wage. Because wage ends in the /dʒ/ sound, the plural ending is pronounced /ɪz/, giving /ˈweɪdʒɪz/. Learn it through common combinations such as earn wages, weekly wages, low wages, and raise wages. Picture workers receiving money based on the hours or days they worked. Salary often suggests a fixed monthly or annual amount for a position, while wages more often refers to hourly, daily, or weekly pay. The distinction is useful, although real usage can sometimes overlap.
例文
The company raised wages this year.
その会社は今年、賃金を上げました。
Many workers depend on weekly wages.
多くの労働者は週ごとの賃金に頼っています。
Higher wages helped the family save more money.
賃金が上がったことで、その家族はより多く貯金できました。
wages の類義語・関連語
wages の語源・成り立ち Etymology
wages は wage の複数形で、中英語の Anglo-French wage / gage「報酬・保証」に由来し、さらにゲルマン語系の「担保・約束」へさかのぼります。もとは「約束して支払う取り分」という感覚で、そこから賃金の意味に定着しました。関連語は wager、engage です。
Wages is the plural of wage. Wage entered Middle English through Anglo-French wage or gage, meaning a payment, pledge, or security, and is connected with a Germanic idea of giving a guarantee or promise. A wage was therefore something pledged or due in return for service, eventually becoming the usual term for payment for labor. Wager and engage are historically related through the broader notion of a pledge or commitment.
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