Wage \Wage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waged; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Waging.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge,
   promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a
   pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge,
   gawadj[=o]n to pledge, akin to E. wed, G. wette a wager. See
   Wed, and cf. Gage.]
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   1. To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake;
      to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar. --Hakluyt.
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            My life I never but as a pawn
            To wage against thy enemies.          --Shak.
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   2. To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger;
      to venture; to hazard. "Too weak to wage an instant trial
      with the king." --Shak.
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            To wake and wage a danger profitless. --Shak.
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   3. To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or
      pledge; to carry on, as a war.
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            [He pondered] which of all his sons was fit
            To reign and wage immortal war with wit. --Dryden.
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            The two are waging war, and the one triumphs by the
            destruction of the other.             --I. Taylor.
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   4. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
      [Obs.] "Thou . . . must wage thy works for wealth."
      --Spenser.
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   5. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
      [Obs.]
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            Abundance of treasure which he had in store,
            wherewith he might wage soldiers.     --Holinshed.
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            I would have them waged for their labor. --Latimer.
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   6. (O. Eng. Law) To give security for the performance of.
      --Burrill.
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   To wage battle (O. Eng. Law), to give gage, or security,
      for joining in the duellum, or combat. See Wager of
      battel, under Wager, n. --Burrill.

   To wage one's law (Law), to give security to make one's
      law. See Wager of law, under Wager, n.
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	Wage \Wage\, v. i.
   To bind one's self; to engage. [Obs.]
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	Wage \Wage\, n. [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See
   Wage, v. t. ]
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   1. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one
      incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. [Obs.] "That warlike
      wage." --Spenser.
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   2. That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated
      payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; --
      at present generally used in the plural. See Wages. "My
      day's wage." --Sir W. Scott. "At least I earned my wage."
      --Thackeray. "Pay them a wage in advance." --J. Morley.
      "The wages of virtue." --Tennyson.
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            By Tom Thumb, a fairy page,
            He sent it, and doth him engage,
            By promise of a mighty wage,
            It secretly to carry.                 --Drayton.
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            Our praises are our wages.            --Shak.
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            Existing legislation on the subject of wages.
                                                  --Encyc. Brit.
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   Note: Wage is used adjectively and as the first part of
         compounds which are usually self-explaining; as, wage
         worker, or wage-worker; wage-earner, etc.
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   Board wages. See under 1st Board.
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   Syn: Hire; reward; stipend; salary; allowance; pay;
        compensation; remuneration; fruit.
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	wage
    n 1: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
         wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all
         their earnings" [syn: wage, pay, earnings,
         remuneration, salary]
    v 1: carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and
         Hitler waged war against all of Europe" [syn: engage,
         wage]

	

	56 Moby Thesaurus words for "wage":
   base pay, carry on, compensation, conduct, dismissal wage, do,
   earnings, employ, engage in, escalator clause, escalator plan,
   exercise, financial remuneration, follow, go in for, gross income,
   guaranteed annual wage, hire, income, living wage, minimum wage,
   net income, pay, pay and allowances, payment, payroll,
   portal-to-portal pay, practice, prosecute, purchasing power,
   pursue, real wages, remuneration, salary, severance pay,
   sliding scale, specialize in, tackle, take on, take to, take up,
   take-home, take-home pay, taxable income, total compensation,
   undertake, use, wage control, wage freeze, wage reduction,
   wage rollback, wage scale, wages, wages after deductions,
   wages after taxes, work at