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.

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