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To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake;
to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar. |
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To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger;
to venture; to hazard. |
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To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or
pledge; to carry on, as a war. |
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To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out. |
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To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to. |
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To give security for the performance of. |
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To bind one's self; to engage. |
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That which is staked or ventured; that for which one
incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. |
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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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