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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
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] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] My life I never but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To wake and wage a danger profitless. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war. [1913 Webster] [He pondered] which of all his sons was fit To reign and wage immortal war with wit. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The two are waging war, and the one triumphs by the destruction of the other. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 4. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out. [Obs.] "Thou . . . must wage thy works for wealth." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 5. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Abundance of treasure which he had in store, wherewith he might wage soldiers. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster] I would have them waged for their labor. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] 6. (O. Eng. Law) To give security for the performance of. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Wage \Wage\, v. i. To bind one's self; to engage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Wage \Wage\, n. [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See Wage, v. t. ] [1913 Webster] 1. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. [Obs.] "That warlike wage." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] By Tom Thumb, a fairy page, He sent it, and doth him engage, By promise of a mighty wage, It secretly to carry. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] Our praises are our wages. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Existing legislation on the subject of wages. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Board wages. See under 1st Board. [1913 Webster] Syn: Hire; reward; stipend; salary; allowance; pay; compensation; remuneration; fruit. [1913 Webster] | ||
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