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that tailors were like storks - known for their big bills.
wage n. 1 Often, wages. pay, compensation, emolument, remuneration,
payment, fee, salary, stipend, recompense, reward, earnings;
honorarium: The strikers wanted a ten per cent increase in
their hourly wage.
--v. 2 carry on, pursue, conduct, engage in, undertake,
practise, prosecute, proceed with: History shows that wars are
often waged over trifling differences.
wait v. 1 tarry, linger, hold on, stay, bide (one's) time, mark
time, stand by, Colloq cool (one's) heels, stick around, sit
tight, hang on, Brit hang about, US hang around: If you wait
till I've finished this, I'll join you for dinner. 2 be delayed
or postponed or deferred or shelved or put off, US be tabled,
Colloq be put on ice or on the back burner: The quarterly sales
figures can wait - we haven't yet completed those for this
month. 3 wait on or upon. serve, attend (to), minister (to):
Rose made such a fuss that the restaurant staff refused to wait
on her.
--n. 4 delay, pause, stay, hold-up, interval, halt, stop,
stoppage, break, hiatus, lacuna, gap, respite, rest (period),
intermission, discontinuation, recess: There was an extra long
wait between trains because of track repairs further up the
line.
waiter n. waitress, head waiter, maŒtre d'h“tel, host, hostess,
sommelier (des vins), wine steward, stewardess; cup-bearer,
Ganymede, Hebe: Marie asked the waiter to bring her a clean
plate.
waive v. 1 give up, relinquish, renounce, resign, forsake, forgo,
cede, sign away, surrender, abandon, yield, dispense with: I
waived my right to the inheritance in favour of my daughters. 2
set or put aside, except, ignore, disregard, overlook, abandon,
defer, postpone: We are happy to waive the rules in your case,
madam.
waiver n. renunciation, relinquishment, forgoing, ceding, cession,
resignation, surrender, abandonment, setting or putting aside,
deferral, remission, postponement: Her waiver of all rights to