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==Verb== | |||
{{verb|wag|e}} | |||
# {{transitive}} If you '''wage''' a battle, war, or campaign for or against something, you fight or work hard for or against it. <> yi [[yaƙi]], kai wa yaƙi. | |||
#: ''After his death in 1990, a five-year battle was '''waged''' in court for control of the $72 million estate.'' | |||
#: ''the Iranians hate Iraq for the war that they '''waged''' against them for eight years.'' | |||
#: ''This is the beginning of a long legal battle, similar to the campaign '''waged''' against the tobacco industry.'' | |||
===Synonyms=== | |||
*[[fight]] | |||
*[[prosecute]] | |||
Revision as of 13:49, 5 December 2016
Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi)
Noun
- (countable); (often plural) Wages is the money a person is paid for doing their job. <> albashi, kuɗin sati, kuɗin ƙwadago, ladan aiki.
- Na san ya musguna wa jama'a a kan kudin sati. [1]
- We fixed his wage at ₦300 per month <> Mun yi jingar naira ɗari uku da shi kowane wata.
- A wage freeze <> Takunkumin ƙarin albashi.
- Only 6 percent of the wage earners in this country earn more than $100,000.
- They are working for minimum wage or $5 an hour.
- The workers were demanding higher wages.
Synonyms
Verb
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Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- (transitive) If you wage a battle, war, or campaign for or against something, you fight or work hard for or against it. <> yi yaƙi, kai wa yaƙi.
- After his death in 1990, a five-year battle was waged in court for control of the $72 million estate.
- the Iranians hate Iraq for the war that they waged against them for eight years.
- This is the beginning of a long legal battle, similar to the campaign waged against the tobacco industry.