Definition of wage

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Wage (v. t.) To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war..

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Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank..
Rat :: Rat (v. i.) In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union..
Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.
Lay :: Lay (v. i.) To lay a wager; to bet.
Bondman :: Bondman (n.) A man slave, or one bound to service without wages..
Wagering :: Wagering (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
Wager :: Wager (v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.
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..
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard..
Tasker :: Tasker (n.) A laborer who receives his wages in kind.
Dock :: Dock (v. t.) To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages..
Bet :: Bet (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager..
Sewage :: Sewage (n.) The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewer.
Gage :: Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type..
Swage :: Swage (v. t. & i.) See Assuage.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
Dowagerism :: Dowagerism (n.) The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively..
Stipendiaries :: Stipendiary (a.) Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation..
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