Definition of wage

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Wage (v. t.) To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard..

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Asswage :: Asswage (v.) See Assuage.
Vie :: Vie (n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager..
Wagel :: Wagel (n.) See Waggel.
Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Rat :: Rat (n.) One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union..
Revie :: Revie (v. t.) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager..
Bet :: Bet (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager..
Fat :: Fat (superl.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page..
Portage :: Portage (n.) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
Fight :: Fight (v. t.) To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause..
Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated..
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out..
Stowage :: Stowage (n.) Room in which things may be stowed.
Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Impone :: Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
Hireling :: Hireling (a.) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
Swage :: Swage (v. t. & i.) See Assuage.
Stowage :: Stowage (n.) The state of being stowed, or put away..
Flowage :: Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows..
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