Wage(v. i.) To bind one's self; to engage.
Wage(v. t.) That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
Wage(v. t.) That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
Wage(v. t.) To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
Wage(v. t.) To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
Wage(v. t.) To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
Wage(v. t.) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
Wage(v. t.) To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
Wage(v. t.) To give security for the performance of.
Waged(imp. & p. p.) of Wage
Wages(n.) A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
Waging(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wage
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