Wage

·vt To give security for the performance of.

II. Wage ·vi To bind one's self; to Engage.

III. Wage ·vt To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.

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

V. Wage ·vt That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.

VI. Wage ·vt To put upon wages; to Hire; to Employ; to pay wages to.

VII. Wage ·vt To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to Venture; to Hazard.

VIII. 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.

IX. 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.