Definition of wage

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Wage (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..

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Portage :: Portage (n.) A sailor's wages when in port.
Split :: Split (n.) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created..
Wagenboom :: Wagenboom (n.) A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
Stipendiarian :: Stipend (v. t.) To pay by settled wages.
Gaming :: Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
Bond Service :: Bond service () The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.
Swage :: Swage (n.) A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge..
Swage :: Swage (v. t. & i.) See Assuage.
Trustee :: Trustee (v. t.) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor..
Snob :: Snob (n.) A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick..
Game :: Game (n.) To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble..
Flowage :: Flowage (n.) An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows..
Swaggered :: Swage (v. t.) To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape..
Bondman :: Bondman (n.) A man slave, or one bound to service without wages..
Stowage :: Stowage (n.) The state of being stowed, or put away..
Lay :: Lay (v. i.) To lay a wager; to bet.
Revie :: Revie (v. t.) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager..
Arrear :: Arrear (n.) That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes..
Stipendiaries :: Stipendiary (a.) Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation..
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