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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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..
Plumbing :: Plumbing (n.) The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc..
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..
Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage..
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
Wagel :: Wagel (n.) See Waggel.
Revie :: Revie (v. t.) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager..
Gage :: Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) A wager.
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To give security for the performance of.
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..
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout..
Compurgator :: Compurgator (n.) One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
Lockout :: Lockout (n.) The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages..
Stipendiarian :: Stipend (v. t.) To pay by settled wages.
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..
Wager :: Wager (v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.
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