·add. ·- A wage paid by the day, or some fixed period, on condition that a minimum task be performed. When the workman is paid in proportion for excess over the minimum, the wage is one for piece-work.
·v Business; employment; undertaking; labor. II. Task ·v Labor or study imposed by another, often i...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt To give security for the performance of. II. Wage ·vi To bind one's self; to <<Engage>>. III. ...