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A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.

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  1. n. A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
  2. n. A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.
  3. n. A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
  4. n. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
  5. n. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
  6. n. A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
  7. v. t. To measure. See Gauge, v. t.
  8. n. street names for marijuana
  9. n. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
  10. v. place a bet on
  11. A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage,frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to thegreengage. See Greengage.