Definition of wage

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Wage (v. t.) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out..

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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..
Wagered :: Wagered (imp. & p. p.) of Wage.
Better :: Better (n.) One who bets or lays a wager.
Staked :: Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
Earn :: Earn (v. t.) To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels..
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..
Wage :: Wage (v. i.) To bind one's self; to engage.
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick..
Brewage :: Brewage (n.) Malt liquor; drink brewed.
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
War :: War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage..
Clevis :: Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy..
Waged :: Waged (imp. & p. p.) of Wag.
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..
Staktometer :: Stakeholder (n.) The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Swaggered :: Swage (v. t.) To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape..
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
Rummage :: Rummage (v. t.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage..
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