·vt To give security for the performance of.
II. Wage ·vi To bind one's self; to
Engage.
III. Wage ·vt To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
IV. Wage ·vt To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
V. Wage ·vt That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
VI. Wage ·vt To put upon wages; to
Hire; to
Employ; to pay wages to.
VII. Wage ·vt To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to
Venture; to
Hazard.
VIII. Wage ·vt To
Pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to
Stake; to bet, to lay; to
Wager; as, to
wage a dollar.
IX. Wage ·vt That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation;
- at present generally used in the plural. ·see Wages.