wage
v.
engage in, conduct (war, battle)
n.
salary, payment, earnings; just recompense (Literary)
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wage
Noun
1. something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
(synonym) pay, earnings, remuneration, salary
(hypernym) regular payment
(hyponym) combat pay
(part-holonym) payroll, paysheet
Verb
1. as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
(synonym) engage
(hypernym) fight, struggle
(hyponym) put up, provide, offer
wagen
v.
venture, risk, dare, hazard
Wage
(v. t.)
To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
(v. t.)
To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
(v. t.)
To give security for the performance of.
(v. t.)
To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
(v. t.)
To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
(v. t.)
To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
(v. t.)
That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
(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.
(v. i.)
To bind one's self; to engage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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