Definition of wage

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Wage (v. t.) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out..

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Battel :: Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager..
War :: War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage..
Stowage :: Stowage (n.) The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
Deserve :: Deserve (v. t.) To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise..
Stowaway :: Stowage (n.) Money paid for stowing goods.
Hire :: Hire (n.) The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay..
Stowage :: Stowage (n.) Things stowed or packed.
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
Industrial :: Industrial (a.) Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights..
Wage :: 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..
Fat :: Fat (superl.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Trackage :: Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage..
Sweatily :: Sweater (n.) An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
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..
Pay :: Pay (n.) An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier..
Towage :: Towage (v.) The act of towing.
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