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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wage \Wage\, verb (used with an object) [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}, noun --Burrill.
{To wage one's law} (Law), to give security to make one's law. See {Wager of law}, under {Wager}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wage \Wage\, noun [OF. wage, gage, guarantee, engagement. See {Wage}, verb (used with an object) ]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wage \Wage\, verb (used without an object) To bind one's self; to engage. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wage
noun: 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: as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" [syn: {engage}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "wage": base pay, carry on, compensation, conduct, dismissal wage, do, earnings, employ, engage in, escalator clause, escalator plan, exercise, financial remuneration, follow, go in for, gross income, guaranteed annual wage, hire, income, living wage, minimum wage, net income, pay, pay and allowances, payment, payroll, portal-to-portal pay, practice, prosecute, purchasing power, pursue, real wages, remuneration, salary, severance pay, sliding scale, specialize in, tackle, take on, take to, take up, take-home, take-home pay, taxable income, total compensation, undertake, use, wage control, wage freeze, wage reduction, wage rollback, wage scale, wages, wages after deductions, wages after taxes, work at
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