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]
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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\, 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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