WAGE


Meaning of WAGE in English

vt to give security for the performance of.

2. wage ·vi to bind one's self; to engage.

3. wage ·vt to adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.

4. wage ·vt to engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.

5. wage ·vt that which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.

6. wage ·vt to put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.

7. wage ·vt to expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.

8. wage ·vt to pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.

9. wage ·vt that for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation;

— at present generally used in the plural. ·see wages.

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