Definition of wage

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Wage (v. t.) That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.

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Wagering :: Wagering (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
Portage :: Portage (n.) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
Sewage :: Sewage (n.) The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewer.
Gaming :: Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
Swaging :: Swaged (imp. & p. p.) of Swag.
Stowaway :: Stowage (n.) Money paid for stowing goods.
Wagering :: Wagering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wage.
Stowage :: Stowage (n.) Things stowed or packed.
Hireling :: Hireling (a.) Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event..
Impone :: Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
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..
Wager :: Wager (v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
Paymaster :: Paymaster (n.) One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same..
Wages :: Wages (n.) A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2..
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk..
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