wage

Word: wage

Context sentence: In waging war Britain had acquired debts of £3,000 million, had allowed domestic capital to deteriorate by around the same amount, had used up overseas investment to the extent of £1,000 million, and had had to let exports fall to one third of their pre-war level.

Source: Marwick //British Society Since 1945//

Definition :[transitive] to be involved in a war against someone, or a fight against something eg:The police are waging war on drug pushers in the city.

Mnemonic: wa- in Chinese pronounciation /wei/ means" in order to"; ge-in Chinese pronounciation means "to stop" so wage can be remembered as 'in order to stop sb'. For example, Britain __waged__ war **in order to stop** Hitler.