Definition of wage

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Wage (v. t.) To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war..

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Sullage :: Sullage (n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
War :: War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage..
Gage :: Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
Wage :: 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.
Truck :: Truck (n.) The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.
Staked :: Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager..
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk..
Stowaway :: Stowage (n.) Money paid for stowing goods.
Wagerer :: Wagerer (n.) One who wagers, or lays a bet..
Pay :: Pay (n.) An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier..
Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game..
Ley :: Ley (v. t. & i.) To lay; to wager.
Compurgation :: Compurgation (v. t.) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Trustee :: Trustee (v. t.) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type..
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage..
Flowage :: Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows..
Hireling :: Hireling (n.) One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary..
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