Thesaurus: wage

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1. v. t. To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
2. v. t. To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
3. v. t. To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
4. v. t. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
5. v. t. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
6. v. t. To give security for the performance of.
7. v. i. To bind one's self; to engage.
8. v. t. That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
9. v. t. That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
10. n. something that remunerates
11. v. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)