"wage" Definition

Definitions for the word "wage" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To give security for the performance of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To bind one's self; to engage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
(in sing. Or pl.) Fixed regular payment to an employee, esp. A manual worker. v. (-ging) carry on (a war etc.). [anglo-french from germanic]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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