meaning of wage
1. To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
2. To expose ones self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
3. To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
4. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
5. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
6. To give security for the performance of.
7. To bind ones self; to engage.
8. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
9. That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
10. something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their
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Related Words
wage | wage claim | wage concession | wage earner | wage floor | wage freeze | wage hike | wage increase | wage scale | wage schedule | wage setter | wage-earning | waged | wagel | wagenboom | wager | wagered | wagerer | wagering | wages |
