Wage : (noun)
1: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all
their earnings" [syn: pay, earnings, remuneration,
salary]
(verb)
1: as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler
waged war against all of Europe" [syn: engage]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Wage : \Wage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waging.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge,
promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a
pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge,
gawadj[=o]n to pledge, akin to E. wed, G. wette a wager. See
Wed, and cf. Gage.]
1. To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake;
to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar. --Hakluyt.
My life I never but as a pawn To wage against thy
enemies. --Shak.
2. To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger;
to venture; to hazard. ``Too weak to wage an instant trial
with the king.'' --Shak.
To wake and wage a danger profitless. --Shak.
3. To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or
pledge; to carry on, as a war.
[He pondered] which of all his sons was fit To reign
and wage immortal war with wit. --Dryden.
The two are waging war, and the one triumphs by the
destruction of the other. --I. Taylor.
4. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
[Obs.] ``Thou . . . must wage thy works for wealth.''
--Spenser.
5. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
[Obs.]
Abundance of treasure which he had in store,
wherewith he might wage soldiers. --Holinshed.
I would have them waged for their labor. --Latimer.
6. (O. Eng. Law) To give security for the performance of.
--Burrill.
To wage battle (O. Eng. Law), to give gage, or security,
for joining in the duellum, or combat. See Wager of
battel, under Wager, n. --Burrill.
To wage one's law (Law), to give security to make one's
law. See Wager of law, under Wager, n.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Wage : \Wage\, v. i.
To bind one's self; to engage. [Obs.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Wage : \Wage\, n. [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See
Wage, v. t. ]
1. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one
incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. [Obs.] ``That warlike
wage.'' --Spenser.
2. That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated
payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; --
at present generally used in the plural. See Wages. ``My
day's wage.'' --Sir W. Scott. ``At least I earned my
wage.'' --Thackeray. ``Pay them a wage in advance.'' --J.
Morley. ``The wages of virtue.'' --Tennyson.
By Tom Thumb, a fairy page, He sent it, and doth him
engage, By promise of a mighty wage, It secretly to
carry. --Drayton.
Our praises are our wages. --Shak.
Existing legislation on the subject of wages.
--Encyc. Brit.
Note: Wage is used adjectively and as the first part of
compounds which are usually self-explaining; as, wage
worker, or wage-worker; wage-earner, etc.
Board wages. See under 1st Board.
Syn: Hire; reward; stipend; salary; allowance; pay;
compensation; remuneration; fruit.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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